Age no barrier (From York Press)
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Age no barrier
10:05am Saturday 3rd March 2012 in Letters
AS THE parents of a disabled child, we sometimes need to use disabled parking spaces.
When your child needs oxygen, is fed hourly through a tube in their stomach and requires an IV infusion 24 hours a day through another line directly into their heart, a certain amount of medical equipment comes as standard.
So being able to park in a disabled bay really is a necessity. He receives the higher rate of the mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance and has, due to his urgent need of a transplant, severe mobility issues.
We would appreciate it if we could be allowed to park without being harassed, intimidated and questioned by people who clearly think they have more of a right to use disabled parking spaces just because they are of a certain age.
We have a blue badge with our son’s photo on it that should be enough of a justification to use a disabled bay. With this in mind, people should put more effort into engaging their brains rather than making passing judgments on people they know nothing about.
Tracey Oliver, Clifton, York.
Comments(2)
Peterwalker
says...
2:18pm Mon 5 Mar 12
George Appleby says...
5:04pm Sat 3 Mar 12
Disablement makes no distinction between people and age. Thankfully there are people to care for and love them.
As old people, less able than we were, we are often helped and shown respect by younger people and have faith in our younger generations generally.