This is what got shouted at me in a car park yesterday as I put my little one into the car.
We got back to our blue badge bay, I opened the tailgate and lowered the ramp, maneuvered his buggy to the foot of the ramp, attached the straps to his buggy and pushed him in and secured him down. As I came out, put the ramp away and went to close the tailgate a voice shouted at me "Can't you just do what normal people do? All that faffing about, it would be easier to just put him in a car seat like everyone else does!"
I guess it would be easier and quicker but his buggy is specialist, it's his wheelchair, it maintains his position something he cannot do on his own. I felt like telling him (the person was a man) to fuck off but I didn't I simple explained that my child is disabled and unable to use a car seat. There was no apology, no acknowledgement.
I am feeling pretty fragile at the moment, we've had a couple of really tough days, LO is unhappy about something but can't tell me what, all he can do is cry. He can't answer yes/no questions and can't tell me if he's in pain or bored or hungry or thirsty or just plain sad. I've had him checked out and there is no obvious source of pain but all he wants to do is cry or sleep. I feel bloody useless and like I am failing at life sometimes and yesterday's comment really rankled.