Editor: Re: Cynthia Taha鈥檚 (the Times, Nov. 9), SPARC assigns handicapped parking only to those who need it, and require a physician鈥檚 signature.
So, no, SPARC does not hand them out like 鈥淐andy on Halloween.鈥�
I am one of those people you have identified as one of those 鈥減erfectly healthy (B.C. Shoppers) parked in a handicapped spot.鈥�
Outwardly, I do not appear handicapped.
Do you think 鈥渃andy on Halloween鈥� is cystic fibrosis, diabetes, double lung transplant and four compressed discs 鈥� two in the neck and two in the lower back?
If you truly think my life has been like lining up for candy on Halloween you obviously have never walk one step in my shoes.
I am not old by your terms. However, my parents were told I would not live to be two years old. I am 56, so yes I am old. Most of the time I do not walk with a limp, on bad days I do.
Due to the 38 different medications I am on, I have very little in the way of energy.
So, yes, I park in the handicapped spots with my handicapped sticker displayed.
Cynthia, before you judge someone parked with a B.C. SPARC decal displayed, please remember not all disabilities are visual. Don鈥檛 judge.
Another item plays into this 鈥� perhaps Costco can put more handicapped parking at their new store.
Richard Brown,
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