Disabled Parking Permits
In Ontario we get 50% off provincial park campgrounds if you have a valid Ontario disabled parking permit. You also do not require a fishing license. Odd, I know.
I have one. I have been asked on so many occasions, why do you have that, you look fine, what's your problem?
My hubby and I have been yelled at, cursed at and given the unofficial universal sign language on many occasions.
I do not use a disabled spot if there are only a couple of them. I always think someone may come in with a wheelchair and need the space.
Also in the campground, if I am assigned the disabled Site, I always say if someone comes in with a wheelchair we will move to another Site. Just because we get the discount does not mean we have to use a disabled Site, we can use any we choose.
I am not a senior, I do not use a wheelchair and my disability is not always noticeable.
Why do people think it is their right to harass myself and others. They think I owe them an explanation.
It is illegal for anyone, a security person, parking attendant or even a police officer to ask me why I have a permit and demand an answer.
Has anyone else had this issue? What do you do?
We have found that when someone says...do you realize that this parking spot is for a disabled person, I answer, yes I do.
We have been followed into the store with someone yelling at us the whole way into a store, only to have the manager come and say...you really need to move your truck, you obviously have no disability. Another time someone added to his non verbal words that if I could drive a truck I had no disability....Really???
I have one. I have been asked on so many occasions, why do you have that, you look fine, what's your problem?
My hubby and I have been yelled at, cursed at and given the unofficial universal sign language on many occasions.
I do not use a disabled spot if there are only a couple of them. I always think someone may come in with a wheelchair and need the space.
Also in the campground, if I am assigned the disabled Site, I always say if someone comes in with a wheelchair we will move to another Site. Just because we get the discount does not mean we have to use a disabled Site, we can use any we choose.
I am not a senior, I do not use a wheelchair and my disability is not always noticeable.
Why do people think it is their right to harass myself and others. They think I owe them an explanation.
It is illegal for anyone, a security person, parking attendant or even a police officer to ask me why I have a permit and demand an answer.
Has anyone else had this issue? What do you do?
We have found that when someone says...do you realize that this parking spot is for a disabled person, I answer, yes I do.
We have been followed into the store with someone yelling at us the whole way into a store, only to have the manager come and say...you really need to move your truck, you obviously have no disability. Another time someone added to his non verbal words that if I could drive a truck I had no disability....Really???
