Shall I tell my colleagues I’m disabled?

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I’ll apologise in advance for the ramble here as I’m not sure this will be coherent.

Recent development. They know I’ve been unwell as I’ve had multiple instances of sickness this year. It’s now officially a ‘disability’, I have a blue badge, the lot. I’m not ashamed or proud, it just is what it is. A certain colleague often parks in the one disabled bay in the office, using someone else’s blue badge. I shared on fb a post about people who abuse blue badge spaces. Another colleague came to me and spoke about it, jokingly saying ‘I hope you’re not in a disabled space!’ I look able bodied, I’m only young (ish) so people see that I’m absent through sick but don’t know I’m disabled. I don’t know if I should share this info or not. I’m not close with any of my colleagues.

You need to stand up for yourself. You have the RIGHT to park in that space. She does not. Tough shit.

My assistant has recently become classified as disabled, I am supporting her as much as I can, I would be livid I thought something like that was going on.

Thanks all I have been in touch with facilities at work to request another disabled space by my office

But you havent addressed the real issue. You're entitled to use the existing one. You need to highlight that. What will you do til a second bay is available. What if they say no. Stop enabling your colleagues behaviour and stand up for what you're entitled to

Ok point taken. I will be in touch with the car parking folks RE her misuse of the space.