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Post by mmhmm on Jun 10, 2013 18:44:12 GMT -5
I've known more than a few people who have admitted to using a relative's legitimate h/c placard to park in handicapped parking spaces just so they wouldn't have to walk as far. It's not that unusual, unfortunately.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Jun 10, 2013 19:50:19 GMT -5
There is a medical clinic in the building I work in, and every so often, a blind lady comes with her service dog, so this dog isn't questionable in the least. The problem is, this dog "does its business" right next to the walkway leading up to the door, and it stinks to high heaven. (It was bad for me personally last summer when I was pregnant and feeling nauseous anyway.) Who's responsibility is it to clean up after the dog? It's kind of hard for a disabled person to do it themselves, so do they just get a pass?
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 10, 2013 19:55:49 GMT -5
There is a medical clinic in the building I work in, and every so often, a blind lady comes with her service dog, so this dog isn't questionable in the least. The problem is, this dog "does its business" right next to the walkway leading up to the door, and it stinks to high heaven. (It was bad for me personally last summer when I was pregnant and feeling nauseous anyway.) Who's responsibility is it to clean up after the dog? It's kind of hard for a disabled person to do it themselves, so do they just get a pass? What mode of transportation do the blind woman and dog use to get to the clinic? She doesn't drive (I assume) so does someone driver her? The person who drives her as a courtesy could pick it up but it's not really required unless its a state law. Otherwise, everyone has to watch their steps and pinch their nose closed.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Jun 10, 2013 20:04:07 GMT -5
She took the bus. She came to the clinic fairly frequently last summer, which is why it became a problem.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 10, 2013 20:42:03 GMT -5
She took the bus. She came to the clinic fairly frequently last summer, which is why it became a problem. Not much you or anyone else can do then.
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Post by bean29 on Jun 10, 2013 20:47:12 GMT -5
My SIL is using her Dad's handicapped placard. She is his personal representative or guardian or whatever. We figure she is also spending his $$.
My Mom says it was very difficult to get the damn thing to begin with. No one in my family would mis-use it and risk it being taken away. I had a friend years ago that had a placard from her Mom. She parked in the metered spots and said they had a policy not to ticket handicapped people so she never fed the meter.
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on Jun 10, 2013 20:47:27 GMT -5
I want a service owl.
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Post by bean29 on Jun 10, 2013 21:19:14 GMT -5
Re:your Service Dogs in training. Dd and I have seen them several times at the local mall. Dd questioned once if the person with the dog was really handicapped. I told her someone could be training the dog. They would need to be very familiar with crowds and stores/shopping to do their job. The social worker at Dd's grade school trained service dogs. I can't immagine how hard it must be to give them up once you have invested so much time in them.
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Post by mmhmm on Jun 10, 2013 21:35:24 GMT -5
My SIL is using her Dad's handicapped placard. She is his personal representative or guardian or whatever. We figure she is also spending his $$. My Mom says it was very difficult to get the damn thing to begin with. No one in my family would mis-use it and risk it being taken away. I had a friend years ago that had a placard from her Mom. She parked in the metered spots and said they had a policy not to ticket handicapped people so she never fed the meter. Sent from my MB855 using proboards My mother has one, but we don't use it anymore. If I take her out (which is rare - she doesn't want to go unless she absolutely has to), we load her wheelchair. All we have to do is get her from the car to the wheelchair and I push from there. No need to take up a closer parking place.
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Post by cronewitch on Jun 11, 2013 0:00:33 GMT -5
There is a medical clinic in the building I work in, and every so often, a blind lady comes with her service dog, so this dog isn't questionable in the least. The problem is, this dog "does its business" right next to the walkway leading up to the door, and it stinks to high heaven. (It was bad for me personally last summer when I was pregnant and feeling nauseous anyway.) Who's responsibility is it to clean up after the dog? It's kind of hard for a disabled person to do it themselves, so do they just get a pass? Yes they get a pass. I worked in a building where the cafeteria lady was blind. One day her employee didn't show up so her dog had laid at her feet for many hours. I was talking to her and she offered to allow me to take the dog outside for a break. The buillding had a marina where the tenants weren't allowed to walk the dogs on the parking strip but the seeing eye dog could do whatever she wanted. The dog was a nice yellow lab and one day the owner was swimming in a lake and the dog hated it. She would swim out and the dog would come take her wrist and lead her back to shore. She spent her days laying under the counter hoping someone would drop some food.
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Post by bean29 on Jun 11, 2013 6:11:34 GMT -5
My SIL is using her Dad's handicapped placard. She is his personal representative or guardian or whatever. We figure she is also spending his $$. My Mom says it was very difficult to get the damn thing to begin with. No one in my family would mis-use it and risk it being taken away. I had a friend years ago that had a placard from her Mom. She parked in the metered spots and said they had a policy not to ticket handicapped people so she never fed the meter. Sent from my MB855 using proboards My mother has one, but we don't use it anymore. If I take her out (which is rare - she doesn't want to go unless she absolutely has to), we load her wheelchair. All we have to do is get her from the car to the wheelchair and I push from there. No need to take up a closer parking place. My Mom did the same thing. She rarely uses it anymore. They use the city transport van. She doesn't have a wheelchair lift so if Dad is transported in the car, two people have to help him in & out of the car. Sent from my MB855 using proboards
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