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I'm a physically disabled Nam Combat vet, and yes I do have disabled plates on my truck. I'm not in a chair but I am mobility impaired and the handicapped parking places do make the difference on my ability to go some places.
A doctor is the only one who can make the decision about who gets the plates and who doesn't. How many of you have a medical degree and can discuss each individual case on an equal intellectual level with those doctors?
I know one Lady who has the plates because she a bad case of asthma. Sometimes walking a few yards will set it off. Sometimes in life we see those people who try make themselves look bigger and better by attacking others who are unable to speak up for themselves or who get embarrassed by their disabilities and won't speak up for themselves. I've seen and heard a lot of that. It is more rare to find people attacking the less fortunate when they are posting on boards such as this and are trying to impress the world with their intelligence. In reality their comments show them to be stupid, insensitive, cruel, bullies. They sound like a bunch of intellectually muddled hypocritical liberals in full squawk.

Thank you for posting a personal perspective on this issue.

Athletes have no need to park in handicapped spaces. They can even afford a taxi in case they are going to a place [like South Beach or Manhattan] where finding parking is difficult.