tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post7505671117133782528..comments2024-03-23T09:28:00.454+00:00Comments on Random Distractions: When does a disability become a handicap?monixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-26751561489566227112008-10-05T10:17:00.000+01:002008-10-05T10:17:00.000+01:00DL, I'm afraid that I don't know about arrangement...DL, I'm afraid that I don't know about arrangements in the US. Here in England, each local authority has a Disability Information Service, where people can find out what they can expect from their employer and from the state. <BR/><BR/>This is an old post, so I will put up a new link in the hope that someone with better information for you will see it. I wish you well.monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-64458059714981230872008-10-05T03:13:00.000+01:002008-10-05T03:13:00.000+01:00Has anyone ever encountered that there is many dif...Has anyone ever encountered that there is many differences as to<BR/>the "disadvantaged minorities"<BR/>I have found that as a disabled / handicap individual using a power wheelchair, that I can not qualify <BR/>for major programs included for ONLY the "ethnic minorities"<BR/>this is in the arena of Business financing<BR/>DLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-8311365792473864592007-06-05T03:32:00.000+01:002007-06-05T03:32:00.000+01:00Seems like a disability could be distinguished fro...Seems like a disability could be distinguished from a handicap on the same grounds that Mel Brooks distinguishes between tragedy and comedy: A tragedy is when I get a paper cut. A comedy is when you fall down an open man-hole and die.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902329503560660425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-28339715578567266292007-06-04T14:13:00.000+01:002007-06-04T14:13:00.000+01:00A week? What a creep. Why wasn't his car towed aw...A week? What a creep. Why wasn't his car towed away? Politicians and officials who abuse their offices should be exposed for the hypocrites they are.erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-56043304108904601082007-06-04T08:43:00.000+01:002007-06-04T08:43:00.000+01:00erp: I should also have said that had he been earl...erp: I should also have said that had he been early enough for his train he could have parked elsewhere and walked a few yards to the station - a choice that a disabled person doesn't have. There are 8 designated spaces at that station and he left his car in one of them for a whole week.monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-35377786750077530362007-06-04T08:41:00.000+01:002007-06-04T08:41:00.000+01:00I'm not worried about his parking offence - just t...I'm not worried about his parking offence - just the way he spoke about 'handicapped' people. It hasn't been an acceptable term here for many years. Had you heard his interview on local radio you would have known he was being deliberately offensive.monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-71655249785895016762007-06-04T03:39:00.000+01:002007-06-04T03:39:00.000+01:00Monix, We must be inclusive and make room for tho...Monix, We must be inclusive and make room for those with special needs, but here handicapped parking has gotten ridiculous, There are whole banks set aside for handicapped parking and seldom are one or at best two being used. <BR/><BR/>I wouldn't park in one of those spaces, but I can sympathize with someone who saw all those empty spaces day after day and needed to get somewhere in a hurry.erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.com