Fake Disabled Parking Permits - Free Blue Disabled Parking Badges

Belili
#1. September 17th, 2007, at 12:20 PM.

May I just ask why a person suffering from AIDS (in your eyes) doesn’t deserve a badge? A person suffering from AIDS will most likely have a number of crippling illnesses as part of their disease (blindness being one of them) and it is a tragic and fatal illness, no less so than cancer.

Thanks for reading.

B

C
#2. September 19th, 2007, at 12:52 PM.

Ditto diabetes, do you actually know anyone suffering from type 1 diabetes and any of the associated conditions?

Sarah
#5. November 14th, 2007, at 1:49 AM.

My dad has a blue badge, due to his diabetes. He didn’t get one for the diabetes though, but the complications that have lead to him having crippled rheumatoid arthritis in his feet. I don’t believe you can get a badge for diabetes?

I didn’t realise you even could get blue badges for disabilities such as bipolar. As a sufferer, it wouldn’t have even crossed my mind. How odd.

adam
#6. December 9th, 2007, at 6:40 PM.

i dont think blind people should get disability permits….because i dont think blind people should be driving. thats just scary.

Glyn Everett
#7. December 21st, 2007, at 9:49 AM.

To mrcrip & to adam, please remember that the blue badge is intended to help those who would otherwise struggle, having had to park at the far end of the back of beyond instead of somewhat closer.

So, a person with a ‘learning disability’, as you say, may or may not benefit from badgehood - this depends upon how much distress they experience through driving round & round & round & round full carparks & then having to trek the whole way back to wherever they’re wanting to go. I can think of a few people I know with Down’s and ASD who would benefit greatly from a badge for this reason, although they don’t have them.

Similarly for the blind adam, the badge holds for the person driving them around you muppet, your comment bags comparison with Beavis&Buttheadesque humour, think before you scrawl.

So in both cases there is potential for abuse, as in any case, and what would help would be a more strict and discerning means of testing for BB eligibility. This stands for all ‘disabilities’, as evidenced by your stating that MS does, and then ‘only in severe cases’, counts for a badge, according to your typology of ‘physical disability’ versus ‘chronic disease’. For every ‘type’ we can argue the toss, no system for eligibility will ever be perfect.

I think the biggest problem is the f-wits who choose to park in BB spaces when they are perfectly able-bodied and without any kind of badge. Bring on the car-key scratch down the side of any such vehicles… (having first checked to make sure it isn’t a fellow eligible type who’s just left their badge at home!).

Tony
#8. January 2nd, 2008, at 6:22 PM.

You state peope with auto immune problems should get badges, yet you named diabetes as not deserving, yet diabetes type 1 is caused by the immune system turning on its own body, so your views are total bollox, diabetes causes lots of problems, blindness, amputations, kidney failure, nerve damage, amongst a few things, your a spastic

mrcrip has a very low iq
#10. January 7th, 2008, at 12:21 PM.

MrCrip.

You are dribbling. Dribbling a whole load of shit which you clearly don’t necessary understand wholly. You obviously do not understand the intricate varied problems which come with the ‘disabilities’ which aren’t desrving of a badge.

I could also say that id someone who has had one of his little finger AMPUTATED doesn’t deserve a parking space, however, it is classed as an amputation.

You are clearly are a class 1 fucking idiot. I guess that’s how you got your badge by being so fucking stupid?

Damian
#12. January 19th, 2008, at 8:45 AM.

Illnesses aren’t disabilities?

That’s silly.

Illness causes disability.

Damian
#14. January 21st, 2008, at 9:06 AM.

Clearly breaking your neck or back isn’t an illness. However, it is also clearly a disability.

Beany
#15. February 6th, 2008, at 2:09 PM.

Hi there Hitler, I thought you died after WW2? oh well it would apear not.

Just wanted to ask who made you the high ruler/judge and jury/supreme decider of everything. Your opinions stink, are unfounded and made with cleary no intellegence or knowledge what so ever! i wont go into details as there are far too many CRAZY things you have said but one example would be that you said stroke and cancer is deserving!!?! weel some stroke victims have no after effects what so ever so thats crazy, as can some cancer patients. Only SEVERE arthritic people can have them but if you have a minor clubfoot your A OK!! You are all Gob and no brains, get a life and stop talking shit.

Beany
#17. February 6th, 2008, at 3:04 PM.

You said

“This country is in a mess because we have no hard line right wing views.

I agree this is a nanny state and needs to be more right wing but i take it from this forum that you are disabled?

If we had HARD LINE RIGHT WING VIEWS you would probably be killed for being disabled.

hippocrytical dont you think ?

Bex
#19. February 23rd, 2008, at 12:32 PM.

I have a blue badge and use it when I can occasionally get out of the house due to having severe M.E/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome), being so exhausted and not being able to walk is being disabled is it not? I get cared for by my mother 24/7, and having a disabled badge enables me to get as close as poss to the doors of shops so it is less tiring for me and I need the bigger spaces to get in and out of my wheelchair. Maybe you should read up a little more on some of the illnesses with disabilities a bit more before you comment on whether people with it are entitled to a disabled badge.

Emma
#20. February 23rd, 2008, at 12:44 PM.

Chronic fatigue can be a disability depending on how severe!
Some people with it are unable to walk and have to use a wheelchair for them to be able to get out.
So how can you say that’s not disabling.

Lucy
#21. February 23rd, 2008, at 2:09 PM.

I know several people who have CFS/ME and are in wheelchairs. Are you saying these people aren’t disabled? I have M.E, but I don’t use a blue badge because I can walk far enough (about 10m). I know several people who have tried to get blue badges because they physically cannot walk, it tends to be for their parents or carers to use while they are in the car, and they have not received blue badges as quickly as you state. If this were true then everybody would have blue badges. I do agree that it’s an outrage people are selling blue badges on ebay and I hate it when people abuse the system and park in disabled bays, but I don’t agree that people with certain disabilities should be excluded. It should depend on their individual circumstances. Maybe you should look into M.E a bit further, I’ve had it for 8 years and it is certainly debilitating but I don’t play it up or ‘pretend’ to be disabled.

I only saw this blog because it was posted in a forum and so many people were commenting on how ignorant you are. You make some valid points, but not about everything.

laura
#23. February 23rd, 2008, at 2:45 PM.

you don’t claim to be a doctor - then shut the hell up - you dont have a clue about M.E and if you did u would know it is damn well hard. I WANT to fucking work but am unable to cos of been ill three years.

i dont claim to have a disability but i know damn well im ill and all the people with M.E around me that i know are just the same as me.

So what exactly is wrong with you then since we are all so weak and lazy then surely you cannot be much better yourself!!!!!

molly
#24. February 23rd, 2008, at 3:02 PM.

wow I can’t believe how ignorant you are! I have ME and struggle with it every single day and if I didn’t have my disabled badge or wheelchair I’d probably be house bound with the fatigue and pain I suffer.

I think it’s a shame that you spent so much time ranting on a subject you obviously don’t know anything about as you haven’t had anyone close to you with ME. Your so full of anger, I had to be assessed to get the disabled badge….I didn’t just get given it.

Maybe spend your time researching those illness’ you don’t understand than ranting guesswork that is purely wrong assumption.

Molly

ME sufferer
#25. February 23rd, 2008, at 3:19 PM.

I cannot believe you can be so judgemental when you obviously have no clue. “The lazy way of getting out of work” - Oh my goodness!! Why would I have given up my childhood - all of my teenage years, just to get out of things. That is just unbelieveable. It’s apparent that you have no idea whatsoever what a person living with ME - or any of those other illnesses either. Yes- granted, they are illnesses, but it’s illness that causes you in any circumstances to become disabled.
Personally I don’t have a blue badge, and therefore have had to suffer the consequences of being shut-in, unable to go anywhere because I can’t cope with being forced to park miles away - it uses all your energy to get you into town in the first place, let alone complete the necessities.
I would never wish this condition on anyone, not even my worst enemy, but you sir could do with experiencing the dabilitating effects of this illness for yourself. If you did you might not be so arrogant, cocky and full of crap!

laura
#28. February 23rd, 2008, at 3:40 PM.

nah you didnt i just think you’re an arrogant prick who wants to get his facts right before you judge who is or isn’t entitled to be seen as having a disability.
And as for having enough energy - if you knew what M.E was like exactly you would know damn well that some tasks are easier done than others and there are different levels of ability - some people can’t manage anything and some can.

funny… u still aint told anyone what wrong with you - could that be all in your head too like M.E is apparently!!!

Lucy
#29. February 23rd, 2008, at 3:58 PM.

Wow, I can’t believe you’re that ignorant. Anyone that knows me knows I am anything but lazy. I am currently in the third year of my English Literature degree and I work extremely hard. I used to work part time and volunteer but have had to give it up to focus on my studies.

I’m not going to waste any more energy on you, I was quite polite in my comment and instead you insult me and say I’m too lazy to work, which is quite clearly wrong as you don’t even know a thing about me.

Thanks for being so mature. Have fun with your bitter life, I’m going to keep fighting and being positive. At least I will get somewhere with my life.

Stickman
#30. February 23rd, 2008, at 4:16 PM.

Wow, i’m gonna be joining the M.E. bandwagon here.

Now, I myself, do not need a disability badge etc. because of it, but I know many people that do need it justly so, when you need a wheelchair to move around in, to be able to get about doing simple tasks, and when you have to crawl around your own house, I think that pretty much justifies it.

When you actually know enough about M.E./CFS whatever you want it called, then make a proper judgement on the issue. But then again i’m arguing with someone who doesn’t think that AIDS or Alzheimers in an advanced form is deserving, and thinks that we should let drug abusers die.

I thought you might share more sympathy with people who had actual disabilities themselves seeing as you apparently have one yourself, shame that you’re just a bit of a bigot naturally obviously.

Ezzie
#31. February 23rd, 2008, at 4:17 PM.

I completely agree with M.E sufferer.

I think you need to re-open your medical book and learn what these illnesses actually are.

Won’t write anymore as I’m too LAZY to do so.

Bex
#33. February 23rd, 2008, at 5:25 PM.

MrCrip how old are you out of curiosity?? Seem’s like you need to fucking grow up and grow a back bone to me!

eric the half a bee
#34. February 23rd, 2008, at 5:28 PM.

I have suffered from ME/CFS for the last 6 years, since I was 12. I have no friends, I have no job, my education has been completely ruined. I have been in and out of school for all those years, desperately trying to claw my life back, to get my friends back, to get my future back.

I used to enjoy running and sprinting, and I was quite the athlete. Now simply walking more than 100 yards leaves me exhausted for days. I can no longer get out, I can no longer run around like I used to love doing, I can no longer experience the great outdoors and go for a good long hike.

My mind is completely broken. Too much sensory stimuli is completely overwhelming. I can no longer listen to music like I used to, even having it at a whisper will leave me mentally drained after a while. Being in a room with more than 3 people in it completely overwhelms me. A conversation with someone for more than half an hour will leave me crippled with exhaustion for days. Not that I could actually converse properly - I can barely construct sentences, I use the wrong words constantly and have to pause, sometimes for minutes at a time, just to find a single word.

My memory and concentration have been destroyed nearly completely. I can barely concentrate on typing this message, and in 5 minutes I won’t remember having typed it. I can barely remember the last 6 years of my life. I have had a psychologist conduct an evaluation of my mental abilities. The illness has dropped my IQ by 30 points. My multitasking ability, concentration, and memory are equivalent to those of a person with moderate to severe mental retardation. My mathematical ability is perfect, unfortunately it can take me upto 15 minutes to do basic mental arithmetic. Thankfully in other areas (linguistic etc) I am much the same as I was.

You call me lazy. I have no money, I have no friends, I have no independence, I have no job, I have no education, I can no longer do all the things I enjoyed. I cry myself to sleep at night wishing I had friends, wishing I had a job, wishing I had a life. How is all this the easy path to take, how is this the path of the unmotivated, of the lazy?

Hannah
#35. February 23rd, 2008, at 5:36 PM.

i am 15 years old and i have suffered with M.E (chronic fatigue syndrome) for a year.
I applied for a blue badge, and have recently received it. Why do I need a blue badge, you may ask. I now cannot even stand on my own, unsupported. My Mum and Dad care for me 24/7; bath, shower, dress, feed me etc. We use the blue badge mainly for when I go to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, to help with parking and getting the wheelchair out. I would have to be bedridden, to be any more disabled than I currently am. How am I not deserving of a blue badge?! Try living my life for one day, your opinion may change.

ME sufferer
#38. February 23rd, 2008, at 5:52 PM.

I think that response actually just proves how ignorant you actually are. It’s not even about getting the necessities. Yes, ok, I could get everything through mail order, but it’s not even about that - it’s about quality of life. Just because my body has stopped me from having the energy a normal person may have (and I’d just like to point out that actually lack of energy - and describing it like that doesn’t do it justice at all - can be the least of the symptoms you experience with M.E) doens’t mean that I can be locked away inside, unable to see the outside world. It’s about rehabilitation, about giving someone the chance to get out, to see the world, and try and overcome this terrible condition.
you truly have no idea - no idea at all what hell life can be with this, and it’s because of people like you that life is made even more difficult with people who suffer from recognised conditions. Did you fail to look into these conditions that you have just written off? It would appear so. I challenge you to look into them, and try and put yourself in their shoes. You can’t go around telling people how they feel, how well they are, and what they should be doing. If that’s the case then maybe the same could be said for yourself - and believe me, there are enough of us here to stand up for this argument - you’ll never win. You’re just an idiot who unfortunately has been left able to create a site to express his stupid, arrogant, uninformed opinions - to me that’s a shame that you have nothing better to do in your life than to spend your time bringing others down. What a big man you are - well done! I hope you’re very proud of yourself.

Emma
#40. February 23rd, 2008, at 6:44 PM.

Lazy and weak?
I suffer from M.E and before I got it I was a dancer, synchronised swimmer and on a netball team.
Spent most of my time doing sports and LOVED it.
Would do anything to be well enough to do that again.
So stop stereotyping and being judgemental.
We never chose to be ill.
If you ever knew anyone with M.E. you would probably know how much they would love to be well.
My M.E. isn’t severe enough for me to even try and get a disability, but I know a lot of people who cannot walk at all and need one more than you do!!
How would you like it if people started saying whatever’s wrong with you is fake.
Get a medical dictionary before you try telling us we are not disabled.

Vicki
#41. February 23rd, 2008, at 7:03 PM.

l take it your disabled and so angry about it that you couldnt care less about anyone else. I have ME. I am the most UNLAZY person l know! You are so funny…..
get a grip mate…. your not in the real world…. your not the only one entitled to a blue badge…. deal with it!

Vikki
#42. February 23rd, 2008, at 7:16 PM.

Hello I compleatly agree with you that the blue badges are given out too easily, my Grandmother has one, the only thing she suffers from is old age (and then its not that bad). I also have one, due to having CFS which you said NO to. I spent 5 years unable to walk at all, not due to fatigue but due to my legs not being strong enough, poor balance, heartrate/breathing upon standing, unable to get my heal on the floor, etc. After 6 months of physio I started being able to walk a little bit with crutches and I’ve now progressed onto quadsticks. During those 5 years I only left the house for hospital appointments, and used the disabled bay as I needed my chair next to the car door to transfer. Last year I started being able to go out for other things but wouldn’t of been able to go anywhere with a normal car park if there wasn’t room to get the chair next to the door. As I said I agree that they are given out too easy, but think it should go on ability rather than condition, lots of people with ME, Cancer, Kidney Faliure etc don’t have any problems with walking where others with the same conditions do.

Leanne
#43. February 23rd, 2008, at 8:02 PM.

You clearly have no idea what chronic fatigue syndrome/m.e. is (as with many other illnesses/disabilities u have so ignorantly stated). i’ve been housebound for over 2 years & i used to take part in many different sports, be at any party that was going & achieved A’s & A*’s at gcse heading for uni. How dare u call us m.e. sufferers lazy. Many i know were extremely active people/high achievers before becoming ill. I & many sufferers i know would do anything to be able to get better to go to work/run a marathon.
Before making such statements make sure u actually know what you’re talking about.

Schizoid Mark
#44. February 23rd, 2008, at 8:19 PM.

Any chance of borrowing a blue badge for my car on match days so I can park near the Emirates staduim? I think it’s unfair that I should have to walk for miles or be forced to use public transport!!

Heather
#45. February 23rd, 2008, at 8:37 PM.

Hey, Mr. Crip, Just out of interest, if your paralyzed, how come you’re capable of writing such long replies?

Emma
#46. February 23rd, 2008, at 8:44 PM.

Why was my last comment deleted?

laura
#47. February 23rd, 2008, at 8:47 PM.

for one thing most M.E sufferers are not self-pitying and are a damn sight stronger than people give us credit for, we get through without our so-called friends and have to put up with the stigma of such an illness.

like i said before you have a right to an opinion but honestly every disability is different and you dont understand that disability until you have lived with it yourself. We are all just trying to prove a point just like you.

yes the system does need sorting out just like the whole damn government but singling out certain illnesses as not disabling isn’t fair when only the people suffering with it know how disabling it is - we don’t pity ourselves we just get through the best we can. im sure just like you have, we adapt but it doesnt mean we are any less worthy of help!

Vikki
#48. February 23rd, 2008, at 8:59 PM.

I missed off my previous message that I have met some people with “ME” who ARE just lazy and making excuses, it drives me mad that they have some how got diagnosed and use it to excuse themselves from anything they don’t want to do. How ever please don’t lump us all into the same category, the world health organisation class ME as a neurological illness, and in the UK in 2001 the Cheif Medical Officer also released a report stating that ME is an “organic neurlogical illness”

Emma
#50. February 24th, 2008, at 1:42 PM.

We have enough energy to come online for a short period of time, say 10mins, and then have to rest for ages.
If you can find a job like that I will be happy enough to go and get it!
And your also sat on a computer, so your really contradicting yourself.

my name
#52. February 24th, 2008, at 1:50 PM.

I think you are very offensive - if you are disabled you should be able to understand that having things like a blue badge can make such a difference. You are being extremely offensive to many disabled people. You have no idea about certain disabilities, which I think you need to look into before typing and hurting some people with your sceptical remarks about their illnesses. I’m not writing any more as it will only aid your big head and create a bigger ego trip for you.

Stickman
#53. February 24th, 2008, at 2:28 PM.

This, Mr.Crip is where you obviously don’t understand M.E. which makes your argument null and void. As with Quadriplegia having varying severity, M.E. does too.

I myself am at the high end of the ability scale, and wouldn’t think of asking for a disability badge, because I don’t need one, but it still hinders my ability to work, I can’t hold down a job or anything of the like, because I do not have the energy, and cannot get up in the mornings, because M.E. stops me sleeping too, and gives me headaches and nausea and pain in muscles, and there are many more symptoms of M.E. that I do not have but others will.

At the other end of the scale, there are those that cannot move out of bed, the most they might be able to do for a day is just simply sit up for 10minutes, bright lights will take energy from them, noise will, they simply can’t do anything at all, and there are varying degrees inbetween aswell, at the high end of the ability scale, then I don’t think we really need a blue badge, but just go down a bit, where you start needing a wheelchair etc. then yes we do.

I myself before getting M.E. was playing football at county level, as well as rugby, and playing cricket for a local club, as well as achieving top grades with my schoolwork and enjoying a good social life too, I was one of the most driven people I knew, and M.E. has robbed me of all that.

Some of the things you’re saying would be like me mocking your spine.

Grow up.

Huntress
#54. February 24th, 2008, at 2:30 PM.

I started to think that people as ignorant as you were finally being pushed out of this world. How wrong I was.
I am also an ME sufferer, and I am under the care of a neurologist as even they know how much pain I am in every day.
Yes, we can sit and type for 10 minutes. Then we rest.
You say you are paralysed, and quite frankly contradict yourself with every comment you make. So how are you able to sit at a computer, being able to vent your anger at the world all day? Do you work?
You say you’re proud of yourself and happy in your life, yet have more anger than I’ve seen in most mobs put together.
Obviously, you’re not as happy as you’re making out, because you’re blaming the world for your pathetic life.
Grow up.

Clare
#55. February 24th, 2008, at 2:33 PM.

Yup, I have the ability to tap away at a keyboard… it’s a laptop and I have to be reclined in bed to use it. One of the main symptoms of ME is orthostatic intolerance, so I can’t sit upright for very long, I can stand up for even less. Managing my illness involves choices- I can tap away at this keyboard, but that means I can’t get dressed. I can watch some tv, but that means I can’t go downstairs. Hell, I haven’t been able to have a bath and hair-wash in the last couple of weeks, so if you find someone who will employ me, let me know? I have a blue-badge because I use a wheelchair and need the extra space to transfer, not that it’s used very often, as I’m far too lazy too leave the house…

Emma
#56. February 24th, 2008, at 2:40 PM.

Yes I have.
They make us worse, make us better for a very short period but then after we are lower than before.
I’ve tried almost everything you could think of to make me better.
And it hasn’t worked!

squid
#58. February 24th, 2008, at 6:13 PM.

I totally agree with you that the disabled badge system is open to abuse, and that a two tier system would work far better.
I have had ME for 7 years and although I now wouldn’t need a badge, there were many times in the past when I couldn’t even walk the 10 metres from the carpark to the doctor’s surgery. I have friends with ME who have wheelchairs, so need the extra space, but also those who don’t use wheelchairs but are severely restricted in the distance they can walk. They all would be eligeable for a badge, and rightly so in my view. There are still days when I wish I had one as I can’t manage to get out if I have to walk far from the car.
I appreciate that there is a lot of ignorance surrounding conditions like ME, but that doesn’t excuse your prejudiced and offensive comments. I would never dream of assuming to know another person’s problems, especially with ME as it vaires so much between people. Noone in their right mind would chose to spend the best years of their life stuck in bed feeling rotten, and we would all do anything in our power to get better.

Anonomous
#59. February 24th, 2008, at 8:14 PM.

i have suffered from ME for five years. i was diagnosed when i was 8.
your article and the comments that followed have deeply offended and upset me.
the fact that “mrcrip” could show such open disregard for the lives and struggles of others appauls me.
i agree that people should not be using fake blue badges, that they should not park illeagally in a space that a disabled person might need, but i do not agree that personal abuse should be thrown around in such a casual way.
mr crip. i’m sure that you will simply ignore what i have to say as you have other peoples comments, but please, try to consider how much one throw away comment can injure another person.
i realise that you must have suffered a great personal hell and cannot imagine how hard things might have been for you. but please do not belittle what other people have had to go through aswell.
surely you of all people should know how we feel.

Lucy
#61. February 24th, 2008, at 9:21 PM.

See, that comment was much more polite and less ignorant. It really pisses me off when people (who are quite clearly more agile than leopards) park in disabled bays (especially when they do it badly) so understand where you’re coming from. But the stereotypes surrounding M.E and lots of other lesser known illnesses aren’t always true. And I personally try to be as positive as I can, there’s no point in dwelling in misery. Yes, everyone gets down about their illnesses sometimes - it’s only natural, but I still think it makes everyone feel better if you stay positive. I’ve had M.E for 7 years, yet I have still managed to go to university and I hope to start my Masters and a part time job in September. Watch this space; it’s not lazy!!

Lucy
#62. February 24th, 2008, at 9:23 PM.

Oh and I am one of the luckier ones who don’t have it *quite* as bad.

Bex
#64. February 24th, 2008, at 9:50 PM.

Ahh i’m only 19 and the amount of old biddies that give me the evils as though I can’t have a disabled badge cos i’m young until i wave the badge at them! That well annoys me… grr.
I am assuming you live near Havant MrCrip, I live in Lee on Solent (saw your post on Havant charging disabled badge holders now?!).

Heidi
#65. February 24th, 2008, at 10:33 PM.

Mr Crip

To you and alot of people we M.E sufferers may just seem like your average lazy person who cannot be bothered to get up and make some use out of their lives, however you are seriously mistaken, i have only recently been diagnosed with the illness and i cant stress enough how disabling it actually is, i’m already having to use a wheelchair and another girl i know can’t even leave the house. it’s not just the effort involved that restricts us…its also light and sound, i have become very sensitive to both and i can’t leave the house without sunglasses, even on a really dull day, because the light is just too painful for my eyes. and incase your wondering its natural light, electrical light isnt that bad at the moment.

We are not ‘lazy’ infact if you we’re to ask every single person who had M.E then you would probebly discover that we are the people who crave to be out doing things, having a job, going to school, socialising etc…more than anyone.

Yes it may seem that if we can tap away on a keyboard arguing, that theres no reason why we should be classed as ‘disabled’ but can i tell you that alot of the M.E sufferers that are on here this is all they can manage….i mean we have to try keep some sort of life…we cant just not communicate to people, this is the only outside communication some of us get, but it takes up alot of energy, so yes we suffer from it. We suffer for every activity that we attempt to do. even going up the stairs takes so much out of me, my legs are so painful after. You are NOT a doctor and u do not have the right to critizise us, you know absolutly nothing about the condition so i strongly suggest you do some researching before you become very disliked. and just before i go did it ever occur to you that the things that you say actually effect people, especially M.E sufferers as we are vunerable as it it, some of us have already hit rock bottom and the little harsh things that you say could be enough to just tip someone over the edge.
someone needs to make a stand because you obviously cant!
see….hurtful isn’t it? just think of others aswel as yourself please.

laura
#67. February 24th, 2008, at 11:07 PM.

glad we managed to change your views - made me feel better having a rant anyway hehe.

i think we all feel the same when there is people who blatantly abuse the system and as for old people with nothing wrong with them- dont get me started, the amount of times i could of slapped some old people for being so ignorant because i’m young and ’shouldnt’ need a wheelchair is unbelievable (obviously i restrained myself).

But in the end you cannot change the minds of people like that so if they want to complain thats fine by me, i’m more than happy to fight my corner and we all know what we are entitled to even if they don’t.

ohhh and the old people of the UK couldn’t possibly put up as gooda arguement as us ‘lazy’ folk =P

I Eat Children
#69. February 25th, 2008, at 10:46 AM.

Tell me my dear M.E. sufferers, have any of you seen the most recent Ricky Gervais live DVD ? Aptly titled ‘Fame’ ?
I think it would be an educational experience all round.

It’s not a disease.

Lucy
#70. February 25th, 2008, at 10:52 AM.

Thanks, but I’ve got enough work to do

Stickman
#72. February 25th, 2008, at 3:53 PM.

“I Eat Children
#69. February 25th, 2008, at 10:46 AM.

Tell me my dear M.E. sufferers, have any of you seen the most recent Ricky Gervais live DVD ? Aptly titled ‘Fame’ ?
I think it would be an educational experience all round.

It’s not a disease.”

Yes, and have you seen a more recent stand up sketch by him where he makes a joke about M.E. and after it says that he has now actually found out that it’s a real disease?

no?

ok then

Anonomous
#73. February 25th, 2008, at 4:39 PM.

“I Eat Children
#69. February 25th, 2008, at 10:46 AM.

Tell me my dear M.E. sufferers, have any of you seen the most recent Ricky Gervais live DVD ? Aptly titled ‘Fame’ ?
I think it would be an educational experience all round.

It’s not a disease.”

i’m sorry, but i think it might be a better idea for everyone if instead of basing their opinions of serious issues like this, on a ricki gervais dvd, they should rely more on medical evidence.

Lucy
#74. February 25th, 2008, at 4:46 PM.

Yeah that must be it

Ricky Gervais is awesome, M.E sufferers can take a joke and I thought that was funny. Funny? Yes, Educational? Not really.

laura
#75. February 25th, 2008, at 7:29 PM.

*“I Eat Children
#69. February 25th, 2008, at 10:46 AM.

Tell me my dear M.E. sufferers, have any of you seen the most recent Ricky Gervais live DVD ? Aptly titled ‘Fame’ ?
I think it would be an educational experience all round.

It’s not a disease.”*

well not only is ricky gervais a plank but i dont recall ever reading he is a qualified doctor or that dvd’s such as that contain medical information based on hard evidence - maybe you should do your research instead of watching mindless crap like that!

mmm
#76. February 26th, 2008, at 12:07 AM.

i agree with your basic view, that people get disabled badges too easily, but seriously, some of the disabilities you say are not deserving is ridiculous.please, come to my house, visit my grandad who has severe alzheimers, and then tell me he is undeserving of a badge. also, your comment about ‘let them die’ for drug abusers, i mean, come on, how harsh is that!?and why have you not said the same for alcoholics if you feel this way about drug abusers?i think you need to start understanding people a bit more, or at least try to.
also, what exactly is your disability that you are so ashamed of being labelled under?

Anonomous
#78. February 26th, 2008, at 3:28 PM.

“Yes, my views are harsh, some might say right-wing, but believe me, if there were a few more people like me about this country would be a far safer place to live in.”

do you honestly believe that?

you have contridicted yourself countless times during this “banter”
first you said that you didn’t want a badge as you didn’t want to fall into that particular catergory of being disabled (fair enough), but then you have mentioned a couple of times that you do actually/have in the past used disabled spaces.

you have said that you understand the raw deal that disabled people get, but then you have also said that we need less wimps in the world and that we should be more right wing (in which scenario you and i would both be killed or at the very least, looked down upon by authorities)

you have shown yourself to be offensive, rude, unsympathetic, hypocritical, bitter, bias, ignorant, predudice, unfair, callous (hope i spelled that right) and seem in general to have a very warped view of reality and society today.
all this i have judged solely on this article and the proceding comments. perhaps you are a genuinly nice, person when away from your website, but if you act in the real world anything like you have done here, then i for one have to express my profound gratitude that there are not “a few more people like you about”

me
#79. February 26th, 2008, at 4:55 PM.

Im sorry but I cannot believe what I have read here today.
I do not think I have ever come across such a narrow minded sad individual I feel sorry for you mr crip!
I hope you wake up one day

laura
#82. February 26th, 2008, at 11:30 PM.

*“offensive, rude, unsympathetic, hypocritical, bitter, bias, ignorant, predudice, unfair, callous” How did you know my middle names?*

that sure is a long name you got then, what were ur folks thinking lol.

personally i dont think classed yourself as disabled is a downfall - i mean i dont class myself as disabled simple because im stubborn and dont think i am disabled but if people who are disabled don’t accept it then how will anyone else who doesnt have a disability accept it aswell?

Katie
#84. February 27th, 2008, at 7:51 PM.

You are a twat

laura
#85. February 27th, 2008, at 10:25 PM.

i didn’t say you personally - but you said to whoever it was before, that classing themselves as disabled is their downfall - but how is it?

Cheeks
#86. February 28th, 2008, at 8:47 PM.

Can i just say “MrCrip” you are a very rude person.Get abused as a kid or something seeing as your so BITTER? Wheres you certificate for being a doctor,come on show us?Nah didnt think you had one because your NOT a doctor & NOT able to tell people who can be disabled & who cant.Im a disabled young person & have been since i was 13 but i became worse when i was 15.I need my wheelchair all the time as my spine collapses,my limbs dislocate,ive got severe spinal arthritus amongst the other things,should i not be able to have a disabled bay?May i add,are you a fat fucker?If so then your deffo allowed to park in a disabled bay,all the fat ones do!I read your disabled because you had sex with a fat woman,sorry but that made me fucking laugh!You got yourself into this situation,that means your a twat

Anonomous
#88. March 1st, 2008, at 4:15 PM.

“You see, you class yourself as disabled - that’s your downfall.”

a) i never actually classed myself as disabled, i have never used a disabled space as i fortunatly have never needed one.
b) i’m sorry you think in such a way. it must make life very difficult for you.

Anonomous
#90. March 2nd, 2008, at 6:40 PM.

“Anonomous, life could not be better, I have no problems with the way I think. It’s a pity you are so short-sighted.”

i understand fully that you have no problems with you way you think about things, and thats fair enough.
but for plenty of other people, the way you think is really quite upsetting.
i realise that it’s difficult to get a point across in the exact way it was ment whilst on the internet (as there is no tone of voice or body language) and my last message didn’t come across as i ment.
i don’t think it is fair to say that i am short-sighted though.
i’m going to back away from this whole thing now. the only real reason i kept an eye on the comments here was curiosity as to the kind of people that there are out there (as i’m quite young i’ve not been exposed to a huge range of personalities yet)
but now i’m satisfied that as a whole, at least my little corner of the world is fairly balanced.
for the numerous people who have posted with similar views to my own, there has only been two people with views that i was concerned by.
i feel reassured knowing that there are actually quite a small percentage of people like you mr crip (at least in this society) and those people hold no real power to change, only power to upset a few people every now and then.

thanks for giving me a bit more insight.

cartman
#91. March 17th, 2008, at 5:04 PM.

This guys a cock. don’t even bother listening to his shit. he doesnt know fuckall about some illnesses and it shows.

Keith
#93. March 23rd, 2008, at 1:52 AM.

I got about half-way through all these comments and gave up reading them because I was bored shitless. The issue here as I see it is not about who should or should not have a disabled badge, it’s about the fact that the system doesn’t work properly and anyone can get a badge if they go about it the right way.

I am ashamed to say that I have an idle, shiftless cousin who hasn’t worked for years and has no intention of doing so. He lives on benefits and has recently aquired a blue badge on false pretences. I cannot prove this because he is such a good actor that he has convinced the doctors that he has some sort of crippling disease. He also gets an allowance for his car! Yet in private when out of sight of the public he seems to be fitter and more active than I am, and I consider myself very fit for my age.

mandy
#94. April 24th, 2008, at 8:23 AM.

thanks Mr Crip,or should i say crap? actually fibromyalgia is not and i repeat (not) a very nice illness to have, if you had it yourself i wonder then if you would class it as a disability?

Euan
#95. May 4th, 2008, at 9:36 PM.

I am a student and I am lucky enough to have perfect ability. I fully understand that the last thing M.E/CFS sufferers want is pity. However after spending an hour reading through the previous comments I feel sorry for those who have wasted the effort (some more than others) to comment on this blog. If it’s any consolation, you’ve opened my eyes to some of the discussed disabilities.

That aside, i’m away to buy a blue badge so I can park for free. I actually found this blog after googleing to buy one. I agree that the system is corrupt and it needs to be sorted. From some of your passion for the given subject I hope you never see me abusing the system.

Finally, after wasting my time, and reading comment “Lucy”. I’m off to ebay.

p.s. You might want to delete that comment #21

Euan

Me Myself and I
#96. May 8th, 2008, at 10:01 PM.

Tact is the problem here, MrCripp you do raise some valid points in your bloggs but also some complete and utter oppinionated hypocritical bullshit. To be honest i question the idea behind having a comments section to your site??!! Its more an argumentative playground. If its a rant then No One elses oppionion counts?

Could i just point out to everyone one huge piece of crap that has dribbled from MrCripps retarded excuse for a mouth.
MrCripp says on post #11 “I refuse to have a blue badge as I don’t want to be stereo-typed as disabled” but…. low and behold MrCripp also says on post #18 “Excellent point, but I have a genuine Blue Badge, making me exempt from the right-wing death penalty!” errrr anyone else confused?? i am.

I do agree the blue badge, like any other hand, is abused. i myself have reported people for disability fraud.. bad back? my arse! I appreciate that there are people out there that genuinly deserve a helping hand BUT i do think that if some of the people who claim dissability could have helped themselves “Back in the day” by not abusing their body. and to be honest its a reap what u sowe situation. I smoke now and i know its bad for me but in 20/30 years time will i be claiming dissability for something that was caused by smoking?…. NO! i will not. i was warned everytime i purchased a packet of ciggarettes. I must enforce that i am not shitting on the disabled population i just think that “Some” people take the piss!

You cannot 100% police this sort of thing, there is no way. You could increase the amount of staff monitoring and vetting people but that would not resolve the situation.

A few people have commented on the quality of life issue. Yes you are right but seriously is going down asda and getting swamped by a load of people really a quality way of spending your life? get asda to deliver and go out and enjoy the sun (What little we get) and the finer things in life, not shopping with the masses!

Anyway Nuff said!
Sorry to anyone i may have offended
P.S Seriously MrCripp you need to chill, roll a fatty and let people get on with it. I am! And to anyone that has read MrCripps Blog and got annoyed, upset, Stuff it and him who cares what 1 spec on this huge planet thinks! He is noone to me and most probably no one to you. except of course if you are the seriously unlucky MrsCripp! Our thoughts are with you PMSL! ;p)

Me Myself and I
#98. May 9th, 2008, at 7:13 PM.

Not even a decent reply! pfffft

Push urself into a river and do us all a favour!!