Woman Criticised For Taking Parking Space Because She Doesn't 'Look Disabled'

A woman has blasted another member of the public who questioned her parking badge, saying she doesn't 'look disabled'. Watch her explain:

Rhiannon Stark, who goes by the username @DaddyRhi on TikTok, posted the video to her 33,000 followers, who she regularly talks to about her chronic condition.

In this particular video, Rhiannon says she has been granted a parking badge due to her condition - fibromyalgia - which causes chronic pain. But despite being 'legally disabled', someone took it on herself to question her.

Speaking in the video, Rhiannon says: "I am legally disabled and as much as old people would like to square up with me about it - I'm legally disabled."

She holds up her parking badge, continuing: "See this? Really, really hard to get. Basically, it entitles me to park in a disabled parking [space] which, I will do.

TikTok/DaddyRhi

"So I park in my disabled parking, I put up my little thing and I get out my car. Tell me why, tell me why this old motherf***** comes up to me and thinks that it is their business to go 'you don't look disabled'."

She continues: "I'm about to make you look legally disabled in a minute, I can tell you that much.

"I'm sorry, do you want me to cut off my f****** legs so that I look disabled enough for you? What the f***?

"Like 'oh, let me get out the car, bent over limping just so that I fit your idea of disabled'.

"Shut the f*** up."

In a follow-up, Stark says that she doesn't need to use her parking pass every day, but she does need it on days when she is experiencing higher levels of pain and finds walking more difficult.

TikTok/DaddyRhi

She explains: "If there is a [parking spot] nearby, I will always choose to take that.

"I understand there are people who are not as lucky as I am in my disability and need [parking spots for people with disabilities] more than I do."

Fibromyalgia is a disorder affecting the nervous system. It causes pain all over the body, and symptoms include chronic pain, fatigue, migraines, and sleep problems.

Rhiannon added: "It does amaze me that a lot of people have an opinion on where I park my car because honestly, if I could give up my condition and park in a normal space, I would."

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Amelia Ward

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