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Originally Posted by Lilly
I think that the reasons behind free parking for the disabled are
They go to a lot of hospital appointments for their physical ailments.
They are likely to be out of work and on benefit therefore short of money.
I don't know if these are the official reasons behind it but they are the only reasons I can come up with to explain.
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I think its the same type of thing. Its all about providing a better quality of life when disabled people are given some sort of benefit or advantage over others. Its bad enough that they often have to go to hospital regularly so they make the parking free.
When you think of all the disadvantages you can when your disabled then its nothing.
My friend needed to use the toilet very badly in a mcdonalds in leeds and he asked to use the disabled toilet and they refused, and they called the manager to 'deal' with him and my friend had to lift up his top and reveal his stoma bag which was badly in need of emptying and obviously this was very distressful in a busy mcdonalds.
He was discriminated against for not looking disabled 'enough'. He can afford £3 parking, he says the benefits he gets are more than adequate, but its ust nice to have that one less thing to worry about when you have to visit the hospital isnt it.