[Dixielandjazz] (no subject) handicapped

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

WHOA WHOA  Guys:

Here we go again reading assumptions into posts making them stranger 
than they actually were:

I simply brought up the ineptness of the planner in one particular 
parking lot with HC spaces where they are never I repeat never used  
and are actually in a totally inappropriate area for use by any HC 
person who need them.   My point was simply that they put them in a 
place od great distance from any place on the campus that HC people 
would be going, and thereby did a great Disservice to any HC person who 
need a parking spot for the Lawfully intended reasons and purposes.

This simply means that they wasted the spaces that should have been in 
a better area for use and therefore are short spaces where they need to 
be.  Poor Planning is all I am stressing here not that They should not 
have HC parking spaces.

I am on the HC folks side all the way,  heck I even made my walkway and 
drive way HC accessible , I am not an OGRE against HC persons, and may 
well be one myself some day,  more so than the Obvious "Dain Brammage" 
I already have.

I have also played music for a local organizations  Wheel Chair Races 
and Wheel chair basketball game.

Cheers,

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: DWSI at aol.com
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 8:49 AM
Subject: Re:[Dixielandjazz] (no subject) handicapped

   In a message dated 8/14/2006 10:34:36 AM Eastern Standard Time,
dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com writes:

Those of  us who are handicapped have all learned a life of patience. 
We ask
you to  be patient too.

Mart

Thank you Mart for an injection of common sense in this strangely 
unwinding
thread. If I read some of the comments correctly, (please correct me if 
I'm
not), some people seem to think that (a) you don't deserve a HC tag 
unless you
require a wheelchair, (or the equivalent), (b) play the sport at which 
the HC
  parking stalls are placed, (e.g., if you're in a wheelchair, how can 
you
play  tennis?), or (c) that there are too many HC stalls and their 
placement
doesn't  make sense.

The state law provides the basic rules for the allocation of HC  
stalls, (and
the basic HC ID that each legitimate handicapped person must carry,  in
addition to a license plate or hangtag), the local, (usually 
municipal),
government defines the exact number and location.
Defining HC spaces is not based on some "common sense" rule-of-thumb, 
and  it
is indeed fortunate that it is not. All you need do is to reread the 
above
assumptions to verify the obvious lack of knowledge surrounding the use 
of HC
tags and spaces.

Handicapped is a classification defined by a doctor, (who must sign a
certificate in the state of New Jersey, at least). That certificate is 
submitted
to
the MVD at the state level and the licencseplate, or tag, and necessary 

personal ID card are issued directly to the HC individual. It took  
awhile for
mine to be come. I have progressive emphysema. I can walk when I  can 
breathe,
but I do not need or use a wheelchair, walker or cane.  However, when 
an
infection, or sudden exertion, lowers my B/O level  below 87% I cannot 
do
much--except struggle to get to an ER ASAP. Emphysema  is the fourth 
highest
killer in
the U.S. Part of the risk is lack of ability to  remove CO2 fast 
enough--causing

a collapse of the right side of the  heart. How much more would you 
like to
hear about non-wheelchair need for  HC parking? I have to walk slowly
sometimes. Sometimes I must carry portable  oxygen. At those times It 
helps a
lot not
to have to walk further than  necessary. Am I boring everyone with all 
this
detail? Sorry. I just wanted to  clarify a few, apparent 
misunderstandings about

HC. Yes, some  people do misuse the HC spaces, but I've found a 
surprisingly
large number  of solid citizens not abuse the spaces just because they 
can.
Thank God for  them! They can literally save a life in some instances.

For what this is worth,

Dan (backup piano)  Spink






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