By Chally on 1 December, 2010
Also see: An open letter to abled people who use disabled parking spaces by Annaham, which this is jumping off from. Since I drafted this, s.e. also wrote Dear Imprudence: Who Appointed You the Parking Police?! Dear abled people who like to glare at people who use disabled parking spaces, Hi there. It’s great that [...]
Posted in 101, accessibility, i'm right here, invisibility, othering, shaming | Tagged ableism, accessibility, accessible parking, problematic attitudes, what the pancake
By Ouyang Dan on 4 September, 2010
I was driving back from dropping Kid off at school today, and I noticed that a delivery truck at the public library was using the accessible parking and accessible ramp as parking and loading dock space… We have been having some conversations about accessible parking spaces and the policing of those spaces, and the blocking [...]
Posted in accessibility, disability activism, intersectionality, oyd rants, policy, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, accessibility, accessible parking, barriers to access, disability, intersectionality, problematic attitudes, social treatment
By Annaham on 26 August, 2010
Dear abled/non-disabled people without disabled parking placards who use disabled parking spaces anyway, I don’t care if you want to use the space “because it’s so convenient.” I don’t care if you only “need” to use the space “just for a minute.” I especially don’t care if you back up your illegal use of said [...]
Posted in 101, accessibility, class issues, i'm right here, identity, invisibility, policy, politics | Tagged ableism, accessibility, accessible parking, conceptions of disability, disabilityfail, disabled parking, fail, it's about you, legislation, parking permit, problematic attitudes, TAB, things people say, transit, transportation, wtf
By lauredhel on 23 February, 2010
The Daily Fail has a little maths problem. OK, they have a little everything problem, but in this particular case, well, you be the judge: Revealed: Why all those disabled bays stay empty Hundreds of thousands of prime parking spaces in shopping centres are unused because of a legal obligation to provide four times as [...]
Posted in accessibility | Tagged accessibility, accessible parking, daily fail, daily mail, disabled parking, parking, parking permit, parking spaces, pesky crips
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