[timwilky]

Reminds me of the time at my local supermarket when a lad in his late 20s is climbing out of his car in a disabled bay as I was queuing nearby to use the ATM.


This old codger verbally abuses him, saying what a disgrace he is and that these bays are for disabled users only. The lad smiles, pulls up his trouser leg sufficient to show a prosthetic leg and says something along the lines that he didn't leave his leg in Afghan to be abused by ignorant old fools when he came home.

Sometimes disability is not obvious to anyone but the individual concerned.

My own experience is that there is a missing element in provisioning. At present I am suffering sever arthritis in both knees. Standing never mind walking is painful. All I have are pain killers and a space on a waiting list queue to see a consultant. I would dearly love to be able to use a blue badge space even if I had to pay.