Read the shocking note left on a car after a mother correctly parked in a handicapped spot
- Disabled mother left shocked
- She found a note pinned to her car
- Stranger wondered if she was disabled
A mother with a crippling health condition was shocked to find a note pinned to her car saying she was not entitled to park in a handicapped space.
Kathleen, a woman from Canberra, parked her car at her local shopping center and went shopping at the supermarket with her son.
She was left terrified after discovering that a note had been scribbled by a stranger and left on her car, asking if she had the right to park in the space.
A mother was shocked to find a note pinned to the windshield of her car after she correctly parked in a disabled parking space
Kathleen suffers from polycystic disease, a genetic condition that affects the liver and kidneys and predisposes them to cysts.
The disease, which is usually invisible, can cause patients chronic pain, high blood pressure and loss of kidney function.
Kathleen got a permit that allows her to park in handicapped parking spaces and said she was disgusted when she discovered the letter on her car.
“Are you really disabled?” read the note.
“You both walked out of your car like athletes. Please abide by the rules.’
Kathleen’s daughter Cheyenne took to social media to criticize the stranger who left the note.
“What the hell is going on with people, how dare they put this on my mom’s car?” she wrote.
She told Yahoo News that her mother had seen the lady come to check the disability card that was in her car.
“But then she waited for my mom to leave to put the note on the car,” she said.
“It’s very frustrating because my mom doesn’t look like she has a disability, but in fact she has several.
About 90 percent of Australia’s 4.4 million disabled people suffer from invisible disabilities such as cancer, many of which receive parking privileges (stock image)
“Because she has all her limbs and is resilient, a lot of people get the wrong idea and get it right.”
Kathleen said she won’t be deterred from parking in handicapped parking spaces after the incident.
“The parking is a life saver for her,” Cheyenne said.
Kathleen is one of millions of Australians living with an ‘invisible’ disability.
About 4.4 million people live with a disability in Australia, of which a whopping 90 percent believe they have an ‘invisible’ disability.
Invisible disabilities include conditions such as cancer, chronic pain, diabetes, or even mental disabilities such as anxiety.