A friend of mine uses a wheelchair, and when she sees people parked in the handicapped parking spot, she gets frustrated if she doesn't see the proper tags. She has left notes, calmly confronted the offending party, and other times she has just ignored it.
As a friend, I'm shocked to see how often it actually happens. It recently happened to 26-year-old Ashley Brady of Miamisburg, OH. She recently lost her leg in an accident in 2014. While U.S. Veteran Noah Galloway lost part of his arm and his leg in Iraq, he has recovered quite well with the help of prosthetics. Despite this apparent disability, he can even wow the audiences of Dancing with the Stars. Ashely, however, is still getting used to her prosthetics.
The three flights of stairs to her apartment are the easy part. It's navigating the ice and snow on the ground that has been particularly difficult for Ashley. It causes her to lose traction and her balance. Ashley's wishes recently came true when her landlord designated a handicapped parking spot outside her building so she could avoid icy falls. It made life much easier, until a few days after getting it, she came home to see a neighbor had parked in her spot. What happens next is shocking, and be warned that it does include some adult language.
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When Ashley found a car parked in her space, she looked to see if they had any stickers or tags to designate them as another handicapped vehicle. She found no marking.
She decided to leave a note that she describes as "stern and confident." She informed the driver that she needed the space due to her missing leg and her difficulties in getting to her apartment.
One might expect an apology or at least an explanation.
Instead, Ashley received a reply note that was so mean she had to read it five times to understand how someone could be so cruel.
The note reads:
"Hey Handicap,
1st never place your hands on my car again. 2nd honey you ain't the only one with "struggles." You want pity go to a one leg support group! You messed with the wrong one! I don't care about what your note said shove it, but you touch my car again and I will file a report, I am not playing! I let the office know the cry baby one leg touches my property I will cause trouble so go cry your struggles to someone who cares cause Im walking away with both mine!!!!!! -Bitch-"
The person who wrote the cruel note told Ashley to find someone who cares, and apparently millions of American do care for Ashley and her struggle. Ashley's sister, enraged by the note, posted it to Facebook where it has now gone viral.
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