[nabs-l] handicap parking

[Adrianne Dempsey]

I feel that by using handicap parking passes we as blind people are 
projecting an air of helplessness.  I believe that by using the parking 
passes, blind people are encouraging stereotypes.  Blind people can walk 
just fine unless they have some other condition prohibiting them in which 
case it would be alright.  However if you are blind and that is it, then 
using the parking pass is pure laziness.  Furthermore, we would be taking 
the parking place away from someone who really needs it.  So my conclusion 
is that blind people who use parking passes do so as a means to support 
their laziness, and should be ashamed of themselves, for giving blind people 
and the NFB a bad name.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Reed" <jim275_2 at yahoo.com>
To: "NABS mail list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:22 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] handicap parking


> Hello,
> if you got a handicap pass, use it when its conveniient. Consider it a 
> "perk" of being blind; (there aren't many).
>
> I think of it like the free disability pass for getting into national 
> parks. There is no reason I cant pay my own way into the parks ($25 for 7 
> days, or $50 for a year), but if the government wants to help me save 
> money on vacation, who am I to say no?
>
> Jim
>
> Homer Simpson's brain: "Use reverse psychology."
> Homer: "Oh, that sounds too complicated."
> Homer's brain: "Okay, don't use reverse psychology."
> Homer: "Okay, I will!"
>
>
>
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