In a paper consisting of six pages the misuse of placards designed to assist a handicapped person's effort to park near a facility is discussed. There are five bibliographic sources cited.
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upon attendance. The problem was that parking was extremely limited, which made his tardiness add even more to the situation. Then he had the bright idea to borrow
his grandmothers handicapped placard so that he could park in the front row where there were always several available spaces. The next day he made it to school on
time, pulling right into the first spot in the handicapped row. He slid the placard into place and casually walked to his class, only to return two hours later
to find a ticket fluttering in the wind on his windshield. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was a monumental implementation in
the history of fairness and equality. According to President Bush, who was the instrumental party in getting the act passed, "its up to us to reach out to those
Americans disabled by ignorance or handicapped by prejudice and teach them a better way" (Bush 35). And so went Bushs fight to provide protection for those who are physically
or mentally challenged with regard to the battle against prejudice. One of the most instrumental aspects of ADA protection includes the parking placard, which is assigned to those individuals
who request it as a means by which to obtain frontage parking. These placards make all the difference in the world to those who cannot walk long distances at
school, work or even the local mall. However, abuse and misuse of these parking placards is running rampant as perfectly healthy individuals are borrowing legitimate cards from a handicapped
person, stealing them or making blatant copies, effectively creating a precarious situation for those who truly require the closer parking spaces. What possesses