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Originally Posted by Taf
Our son was refused a RADAR key by jobsworths. I mentioned this to his Consultant, who pulled one out of a drawer for him, before phoning the jobsworths to give them merry hell.
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That's shocking that is. Sadly anyone can buy RADAR key from ebay just for £2-3 which is totally out of order and should be stopped.
My worse case and so memorable was during a show at mid interval. I was in line to use the disabled toilet and I actually got rammed from behind by a wheelchair user shouting 'Excuse me.. This is a disabled toilet". I said 'I know' and ignored the person but then got rammed again quite a lot harder. I was told I can't use the toilet and was told to use the normal toilet instead. This was in front of a lot of people as it was packed out. This is where I came out with 'You don't look like an ignorant C(word), looks are deceiving aren't they'. The look on her face is what I'll never forget, but by then I'd had enough as it was really embarrassing. I don't know why (and I regret it now) but I showed her my various 'can't wait cards' and RADAR key then told her to sod off. But it did put a right dampener on the evening sadly. But luckily nothing as bad as that has happened since.
This was before the 'not all disabilities are visible' signs came out which are good and really helpful.
Morals I learnt, treat everyone as equal. Also being disabled doesn't give you extra rights if you're an arse (or not).