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"Hey handicap" letter stuns, outrages disabled Ohio woman
Fox Tampa Bay ^ | 3/19/15 | Anonymous

Posted on 03/19/2015 2:49:26 PM PDT by DoodleDawg

When Ashley Brady spotted a car parked in a handicap parking spot that she had the right to, she left a note. That driver returned with an outrageous note of their own.

The 26-year-old Miamisburg, Ohio woman lost her leg in an accident last year. She fought hard for a handicap parking space at her apartment complex so when someone was parked there, she let them know.

She said she left a stern letter under the windshield of the car and thought it was over. That was until her not-so-friendly neighbor responded with a note of her own.

"It says 'Hey handicap! First, never place your hands on my car again! Second, honey you ain't the only one with "struggles." so go cry your struggles to someone who cares cause I'm walking away with both mine!" Brady said.

She said struggled through the ice and snow multiple times and last Thursday she finally got her spot. Two days later, her neighbor was parked there and she left her note. She said she left the neighbor's note a few times over and she tried to process it. Her sister posted her story online and found out she's not alone.

"I got a lot of feedback online from a lot of other amputees who have been in similar situations, you're not just going to get what you want by being bullying," Brady said. "She told me to cry to someone who cares, so I went to the internet and it turns out a lot of people care."

The Amputee Coalition of America found the letter and posted it, prompting the letter to take off.

She filed a complaint with police and is working to meet with the apartment complex's management team.


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To: Vendome
Seems to me, Eilean doesn’t have a leg to stand on...

Oh, there's a bunch of those!

What do you call a woman with a wooden leg? - Peg

What do you call a woman missing a leg? - Eilean

What do you call a woman with no legs? - Stumpy

41 posted on 03/19/2015 4:45:56 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: fatnotlazy

Brake fluid,apply liberally.


42 posted on 03/19/2015 4:47:40 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Responsibility2nd
What on earth is wrong with you?
43 posted on 03/19/2015 4:49:24 PM PDT by agere_contra (Hamas has dug miles of tunnels - but no bomb-shelters.)
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To: roadcat
George Hayduke, is that you?


44 posted on 03/19/2015 4:53:43 PM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: GraceG

I’m not suggesting anything here, but if the air somehow is gone from two tires, they might have 1 spare but wont have 2 spares.


45 posted on 03/19/2015 4:58:24 PM PDT by stylin19a (obama = Eddie Mush)
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To: DoodleDawg
Ok something doesn't jibe here... first I'm an amputee since 14.. but I'm arm so I do not use handicap parking and do not have the tags..I view that for people with walking issues....

But everybody and their brother seem to have handicap parking and most seem to not have any kind of walking issues... in fact it also seems to always be very expensive cars in the handicap spots..really surprised how the handicapped all seem to be so rich.

i just don't find the true handicap having a problem getting the parking.. .its more non handicapped getting the tags that seem to be the issue

46 posted on 03/19/2015 4:59:46 PM PDT by tophat9000 (An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
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To: PLMerite

When younger I had my share of jerks doing things that drove me to revenge. Like the time a huge 4-wheeler truck parked in a spot next to my car that I couldn’t open the doors. Luckily I was able to crawl in through a window. I let the air out of all his tires, and superglued the air nozzles to prevent refilling.


47 posted on 03/19/2015 5:10:13 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: GraceG
My wife is crippled by arthritis, whenever I see a low life park in the HC space, I wait until they walk away then just slip my Kershaw blade into their front tire. I always check for an HC plate, placard or sticker, if they don't have it they can either pay somebody to change their tire or do it themselves. Yeah I know, I'm an A$$HOLE,f#ck'em.
48 posted on 03/19/2015 5:12:35 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: 5th MEB
slip my Kershaw blade into their front tire

Sounds a tad extreme.

But when the dark times come I hope you'll remember I touched base with you.

I'd join your squad pronto.

49 posted on 03/19/2015 5:17:06 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: roadcat

I like women with no legs.

They can never really get very far and I usually catch them.


50 posted on 03/19/2015 5:22:10 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: goat granny

Oh, my, that sounds terrible. Prayers up for you, gran.


51 posted on 03/19/2015 5:26:25 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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To: Farmer Dean

Yeah, I noticed that on the sign just now; It says $250 MINIMUM. Have no idea what would cause it to increase, unless it’s parking in the same spot more than once, or parking there overnight, or leaving the car there for several days in a row.


52 posted on 03/19/2015 5:30:20 PM PDT by CyberAnt ("The hour has arrived to gather the Harvest")
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To: agere_contra

I don’t follow. Half the replies here call for vandalizing cars and you think there is something wrong with me?


53 posted on 03/19/2015 6:18:32 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility.)
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To: sodpoodle

They do have temporary tags to hang from the windshield where I live. I had my doctor fill it out and I mailed it in about a week ago. I asked for a 90 day and she filled it in as six months instead. I had two back surgeries in less than a two week period thanks to a staph infection. I’m walking better now, but I can’t get very far, I actually requested it so my daughter or wife could park closer to the hospital when they take me to appointments.

I suspect I’ll probably be mostly healed or at least look mostly ok by the time I get the placard. That won’t change the fact that I’m still considered disabled for awhile. Looking healthy walking 20 feet isn’t anything like looking healthy walking 200 feet. Last time I tried walking with a walker to the office door I ended up having a wheelchair brought out to me because the nurse thought I was going to fall down. I froze up because I had no energy and the pain was overwhelming.

My main point is that it’s not always an obvious injury. Nobody would probably know what was wrong with me unless I had my shirt off to see all the scars from surgery. Hard to believe just a month ago they told me I might die or be paralyzed because of the infection. Scary words you don’t ever want to hear from a doctor.


54 posted on 03/19/2015 6:29:51 PM PDT by digitalbrownshirt
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To: Vendome
I like women with no legs.

What do you call a woman with no legs, on the beach? - Sandy

55 posted on 03/19/2015 6:39:10 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: roadcat

LOL
Peggy? Peg?


56 posted on 03/19/2015 6:49:30 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Fightin Whitey

Tad extreme? Normally I might agree with you, but when I see a twenty or thirty something bounce out of their car and diddy-bop into the market or hair cutting shop I have a tendency to lose a little bit of self control.
Been carrying a walker, canes and a fold up wheel chair for a very long time and occasionally the patience wears a little thin.
Welcome aboard; remember, always be professional, always be polite, always have a PLAN.


57 posted on 03/19/2015 7:20:20 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: erkelly

Yell back that your congestive heart failure is invisible to idiots.


58 posted on 03/19/2015 7:46:04 PM PDT by rhoda_penmark
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To: Vendome

Well, if the woman with one leg has a wooden leg then you call her Peg.
If she has one leg but no wooden leg then she’s called Eileen, and she works at IHOP, easiest place to tip your waitress.
Asian woman with one leg - Irene.

The names for men are worse!


59 posted on 03/19/2015 7:57:11 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: Fightin Whitey

I want him for my team. He goes the extra mile.


60 posted on 03/19/2015 8:01:04 PM PDT by T-Bone Texan (The time is now to form up into leaderless cells of 5 men or less.)
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