I resisted applying for a handicapped permit until I coould no longer walk
without a cane and until the grocery shopping itself comepletely exhausted me. My
neurologist completed the form, and told me this, encouraging me to keep on using
it even when I had recovered: "If you only have so much energy to use, where do
you want to use it: walking in from the parking lot or doing the shopping or
other activity you've got planned?" I use that as my guide, remembering how
tiring the activity may be, and how I'll feel at the end as well as the
beginning. Our permits are for 5 years-and of coourse you don't HAVE to use them.
If you do, though, I'd reccommend getting the plaquard type:no matter whose car
you're in, or what state, it'll transfer.
Sam, in Boston where it got cold again :( but the forscythia are blooming! :)
JHarper33(AT)aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 4/9/99 5:09:38 PM EST, LRM593(AT)aol.com writes:
>
> > I was also wondering, have any of you applied for Handicap Parking Permits?
>
> > I applied when I was getting released from Rehab and got denied. Of
> course
> > they didn't give me a reason, just information on how to file for an
> appeal,
> >
>
> Hi, Lynn~
>
> Glad to hear of your good progress!! When I applied for a temporary handicap
> permit, In Georgia, all I needed was a form filled out at my neurologist's
> office, signed by him and notarized, to take to the Dept. of Motor Vehicles.
> The DMV was VERY picky about it being filled out exactly -- one thing on a
> wrong line caused us to have to start all over. The permit I had was for a
> few months at a time (can't remember how many exactly) and I got a new form
> and went through the procedure again each time it expired until I no longer
> needed it. I'm not sure what the procedure would be for a permanent permit.
>
> Along those lines, I have another question for the group -- does anyone know
> if they make short-short term permits available? I really don't need the
> handicapped parking spaces for everyday stuff like grocery shopping, but we
> just went on a short family vacation and there were a few places (tourist
> type sites) where it would've been helpful.
>
> Barbara H.