Mixes of Lack of Disability Support and Strong Disability Support

On Thursday (19th) I drove into town (Huddersfield) to take Blakely for lunch.  I was stunned by how busy it was plus

a delivery truck was parking on nearly three disabled spaces.

It seems disabled peoples' needs for parking aren't important.  Eventually, I did actually find a space.  Changed my ideas for lunch location but where We went to was great.

A couple of weeks ago I drove my step-daughter for an orthodontics appointment.  There was no parking available around the orthodontics building but there was parking space a few feet from that building.  So, I put my car there.  Put my disabled blue badge on the dashboard with the time I parked.  My car was there less than an hour but I got a ticket because that part of the parking required a pass (not resident pass).  I appealed saying I'm disabled so I cannot walk far and I was there a short while.

My appeal was rejected.  My being being disabled wasn't worth caring about.  I mean, I have multiple sclerosis.  Benefits groups officially know I cannot walk far.  But that doesn't count for anything.

I get a ticket because disability isn't important for some organisations/people.

Here today, I'm writing this while I'm sitting next to my disabled daughter (Tabitha) in my house.  (Medical people don't know yet why she's slow in development.)   We're waiting for a special cot for her, which is brilliant.  Excellant support

I was told this cot will come between 9am and 4pm.  That's a pretty broad range bearing in mind I that day I

• fed my two daughters, then changed their nappies and changed their clothing (from 6.15 to 8.00)
  
• dropped off my daughter, Blakely, at nursery (8.20)
  
• did shopping at nearby supermarket and got petrol for car (8.25 to 9.00)
  
• got home, made Tabitha comfortable, fed the cats so they wouldn't get in the way (9.05 to 9.30)
  
• started making my breakfast when visted by nurse checking on Tabitha's well being including weight. (9.30 to 10.30)
  
• went to nursery with Tabitha where specialists measured her for a frame which encourages her to stand upright to aim bone and muscle development in her legs. (10.30-11.30)
  
• So finally had my soaked breakfast (cereal with milk left for an hour when I was called the nursery!) and I could rest to recover.
  

The cot came at 3pm brought in by two big blokes as this cot is metal and electronic so it weighs a LOT.

Full compliments to them especially with the weather being drizzly.

Nice break from the unpleasant discrimination disabled people often get.