Comments on: Bad vibes using Handicapped Parking … with not-visible disability http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2007/08/21/bad-vibes-using-handicapped-parking-with-not-visible-disability/ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:54:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Rosalind http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2007/08/21/bad-vibes-using-handicapped-parking-with-not-visible-disability/#comment-1402 Rosalind Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:05:28 +0000 http://keepworkinggirlfriend.com/2007/08/21/bad-vibes-using-handicapped-parking-with-not-visible-disability/#comment-1402 Glad you found this, Lisa. Being a mom with illness isn't always easy - but then I don't think being a mom with health is easy either. Rosalind Glad you found this, Lisa. Being a mom with illness isn’t always easy - but then I don’t think being a mom with health is easy either. Rosalind

]]> By: Lisa Copen http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2007/08/21/bad-vibes-using-handicapped-parking-with-not-visible-disability/#comment-1398 Lisa Copen Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:58:33 +0000 http://keepworkinggirlfriend.com/2007/08/21/bad-vibes-using-handicapped-parking-with-not-visible-disability/#comment-1398 Thanks so much, Rosalind, for this wonderful blog and sharing your experience! It was comforting to me too to read about your "mom experiences." Lisa Copen Thanks so much, Rosalind, for this wonderful blog and sharing your experience! It was comforting to me too to read about your “mom experiences.”

Lisa Copen

]]> By: Rosalind http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2007/08/21/bad-vibes-using-handicapped-parking-with-not-visible-disability/#comment-1139 Rosalind Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:51:17 +0000 http://keepworkinggirlfriend.com/2007/08/21/bad-vibes-using-handicapped-parking-with-not-visible-disability/#comment-1139 Yes, that's a great resource. Thanks Kassie. Yes, that’s a great resource. Thanks Kassie.

]]> By: kassie http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2007/08/21/bad-vibes-using-handicapped-parking-with-not-visible-disability/#comment-1135 kassie Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:18:19 +0000 http://keepworkinggirlfriend.com/2007/08/21/bad-vibes-using-handicapped-parking-with-not-visible-disability/#comment-1135 years ago, a colleague of mine wrote a great fact sheet on getting a placard/plate with a disability - and much of it was based on her own experinces as a person with CFIDs. Check it out: http://tinyurl.com/2bcl9v years ago, a colleague of mine wrote a great fact sheet on getting a placard/plate with a disability - and much of it was based on her own experinces as a person with CFIDs. Check it out: http://tinyurl.com/2bcl9v

]]> By: Rosalind http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2007/08/21/bad-vibes-using-handicapped-parking-with-not-visible-disability/#comment-1126 Rosalind Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:59:59 +0000 http://keepworkinggirlfriend.com/2007/08/21/bad-vibes-using-handicapped-parking-with-not-visible-disability/#comment-1126 Hooray for you, Diana. I, frankly, think we shouldn't feel any guilt at all. Guilt means you're doing something wrong and you aren't. You're using a service that is meant to be used by folks like us. I think it's sad that we have to feel like frauds -- but it's the nature of the beast of living iwth invisible ci. Hooray for you, Diana. I, frankly, think we shouldn’t feel any guilt at all. Guilt means you’re doing something wrong and you aren’t. You’re using a service that is meant to be used by folks like us. I think it’s sad that we have to feel like frauds — but it’s the nature of the beast of living iwth invisible ci.

]]> By: Diana Brice http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2007/08/21/bad-vibes-using-handicapped-parking-with-not-visible-disability/#comment-1125 Diana Brice Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:40:41 +0000 http://keepworkinggirlfriend.com/2007/08/21/bad-vibes-using-handicapped-parking-with-not-visible-disability/#comment-1125 After struggling with the occasional times when I was either too tired to walk or my joints were painful, since 1993, I asked for and received a HP hanging placard last year. At first I did feel a little guilty using it but not anymore. Yes I do get "looks" but I know I'm not a fraud and yes I do find myself hobbling a little sometimes to "prove" I am worthy of the placard. But it's worth it to have the ability to take care of myself when I need to. When I'm feeling well I don't usually use the placard. After struggling with the occasional times when I was either too tired to walk or my joints were painful, since 1993, I asked for and received a HP hanging placard last year. At first I did feel a little guilty using it but not anymore. Yes I do get “looks” but I know I’m not a fraud and yes I do find myself hobbling a little sometimes to “prove” I am worthy of the placard. But it’s worth it to have the ability to take care of myself when I need to. When I’m feeling well I don’t usually use the placard.

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