Is it right that disabled people should get free parking??

[SleepyJess]

Discuss.. (please)

I am having this discussion elsewhere and amazed at some of the views. Just wanted to see what the general concesuss was on here.. without spouting my own views!

SJ x

Yes.

I guess there are a tiny minority of disabled people who live in fabulous mansions because they have very rich relatives who support them, but I think they are probably likely to be so unrepresentative of normal people with disabilities, that it's not really worth having a badge system which means-tests them. I think we can afford the odd 3 people in the country who are disabled and could afford to pay for their parking. If we couldn't, there's something wrong with us. (Mind you, imo there's a lot wrong with us anyway, but that's about 100 other threads.)

h I lve mn I start reading a serius thread abut disbled paking rights and we end up on bwel mvements

Please I beg f everyne here let us NEVER EVER HAVE DAFT TICKER THINGIES

I now people think MN is daft as a thread starts at the bottom, but at least you don't have to scroll through a million miles of pictures, tickers, sophie (TTC 30 months with PCOS!!!) II don't want to now and tbh I don't give a shit

Soapbox what an insightful post... .. and Sharklet.. your poor nan... at that bloody ignorant cow who has effectively made her housebound when she need not be!

However as an aside do now the edtorial director SHe used to be editor of Mother & Baby mag, just before I worked on it

Now I am a dfferent mag so don't care

JimJams, surely it should be "23 months til I get my free new motability car" on your ticker

please can i slap sandra? pretty please.

Go ahead Misdee... you have my blessing...!!

It's surreal how people want to pick on people worse off than themselves.

How do I make things bold on BW?

Yes! FFS!

what are you up to SD?

Can anyone do a link? Or will my blood pressure stand it?

(o)(o)

Nothing

here

yes, of course disabled people should have free parking - don't tell me someone has started an argument about this!

'I can't believe it'( victor meldrew voice)

Just read rest of thread and must tell you something outrageous re friend of mine - she wants to get a ramp so that on sunny days, she can go in the garden without waiting for her DH to get back home to help her (because she'd have to wait 8 hours...) and her liaison person (whatever their job is) has said "oh no, we don't like to give those, in case it makes them lazy".

Simply cannot believe that people still talk like that nowadays.

Oh yes Tigermoth.. trust me they have! And it rages on and on...

well give us link to the thread then!

please

Caligula ...!

Yes. Simple as that really.

think yeah they should get easily accessable parking but no dont think it should be free. does that mean people on low incomes should also get it free

On the link. it'll be in the Discuss, Debate... section.

But it is BabyWorld - what else can you expect?!

and here