I get dirty looks for using mobility scooters at the grocery store because I don't look "disabled enough". You can't tell if people are disabled or chronically ill by looking at them, and people don't owe you an explanation of their disabilities just because the possibility that they might be abusing the system bothers you. Maybe it seems to you that what you're doing is good for disabled people, but it isn't. People with invisible disabilities, like me, don't want to have to explain ourselves to angry strangers every time we use the accommodations we need.
Is it normal to get upset at people who abuse handicap permits?
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I get dirty looks for using mobility scooters at the grocery store because I don't look "disabled enough". You can't tell if people are disabled or chronically ill by looking at them, and people don't owe you an explanation of their disabilities just because the possibility that they might be abusing the system bothers you. Maybe it seems to you that what you're doing is good for disabled people, but it isn't. People with invisible disabilities, like me, don't want to have to explain ourselves to angry strangers every time we use the accommodations we need.