Well, I got a temporary solution- my other doc gave me a letter to give the campus cops to get a temporary "all zone" pass, which means I can park in any lot (as long as I can find a space!) 

She wants to get the stamp of approval from a neuro before we try for the tag...she thinks I might get turned down if it's just on her word alone. And see if 02 works for me this weekend, because she said yes I can't ride the buses with a tank! 

If  your MD signs off on it, then you got it. No need for the neuro to sign off too. However, I would invest in a portable cart to carry everything in, textbooks, O2, everything. It's much easier to roll one of those along. May as well make it as easy as possible.

Still gonna have to climb the stairs, or is there an elevator?

As for dirty looks, Kirk has a parking permit we use when he is in my truck. We get out, and he doesn't always use his cane. But... just because someone qualifies for the placard doesn't mean they look like they do. If you get any looks, then it's their problem. And also none of their business.

If you are at the grocery store, and walking out with a load of groceries, would that be enough to trigger you?

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Interesting post. Which is it? Are you judging someone based on what you see as a handicap?

Is it really that big a deal if someone gets a handicapped placard for their car, so they can walk into somewhere without getting hit? If a doctor signs off on it, then what's the big deal?

Personally, I like to have the air in my face when I'm shadowing, or getting hit. I'd rather walk. But for Kirk's sake, we use the handicapped parking. Some days he can barely put one foot in front of the other. Other days are better.

If parking closer makes you get hit less, or no hits, then great. Give it a shot, and see if it helps! I hope it does!

Thank you Bob!  I'll get those from the library. That should help...I don't know why she's being stubborn now...a few months ago she was really pushing for me to try oxygen, really hoping it would work for me- and now all of a sudden she's not too keen on writing the prescription for it.  

I told her I was going to the meet n' greet this weekend and would be trying it out with the real experts, and that if it works for me that getting a script for it would make it really clear under the tag rules ("uses portable oxygen".)  I even printed out Batch's research paper and gave it to her.  

I'm starting to get the feeling that they want to wash their hands of me.

Purpleydog- yes, thank god, the art building has a huge elevator. 
And I've gotten hit from carrying around heavy stuff, so I try not too- and my boyfriend has a "thing" about getting to push the cart and load the groceries...