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Ultimate accessible parking guide — rules, enforcement, your rights & advocacy.

Everything you need to know about ADA parking. Download for free, from United Spinal Association, an incredible support org.

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Working Group Spotlight: Accessible Parking Accessible parking is an issue that affects members of the disability community all over the United States. The Accessible Parking Working Group members are advocating to increase awareness and education to improve this issue, and gathering data in order to show the need for updating the minimum standards for accessible […]

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Blue disability parking sign for disabled drivers.

Blue disability parking sign for disabled drivers.

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Why Getting a Disability Parking Pass Made Me Feel Conflicted

Ever since I left physical therapy school five years ago due to my mental health, I’ve been on a long journey toward accepting both my mental illnesses as well as my cerebral palsy. It’s a long road, and I know I’m nowhere near where I want to be on my path toward acceptance. The last [...]

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Blue and white disabled parking sign on wall..

Blue and white disabled parking sign on wall..

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The Moment When I Decided to Get a Disability Parking Placard

Today I want to talk about a topic that is very close to my heart. I’m talking about the inherent stigma that people with invisible illnesses feel when they use a disability parking spot. If you’re reading this and wondering what this inherent stigma is then I urge you to read on. I believe it [...]

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Disability parking sign.

Disability parking sign.

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When I'm Questioned About My Disability Parking Placard

Get support from people who’ve been there. Join a Mighty community today. A few weeks ago, my husband Adam and I were at Walmart. He checked out and went to the car to load up as I went to get something we forgot. As he was loading up the car, a man stopped at the [...]

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Disability parking permit.

Disability parking permit.

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Multiple Sclerosis

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When I Struggled to Admit I Needed a Disability Parking Permit

It’s an epiphany when you realize for the first time that the white stick-figure on a disability parking sign is you. That’s you. Now you may park in that fat sirloin of a spot. Now you are “the disabled.” This leap to disabledhood is as much a mental process as a physical one. And I [...]

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Shellie Nichol Chandar holding up her disability placard; car window smeared with dog feces.

Shellie Nichol Chandar holding up her disability placard; car window smeared with dog feces.

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Multiple Sclerosis

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Realtor With MS Finds Car Smeared in Dog Feces After Parking in Accessible Spot

Realtor Shellie Nichol Chandar was showing new clients a townhome in San Jose, California, when someone smeared dog feces on her SUV. Nichol Chandar, who has multiple sclerosis (MS), told The Mighty she’s certain it was done because she used her disability placard to park in an accessible parking spot. Nichol Chandar arrived at the [...]