Hi Linda. You didn't mention what state you live in, but it doesn't really matter because all you need to do is go to your local Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) with a letter from your doctor stating you are disabled and you should be eligible for a handicapped/disabled sticker or window hanger. Let us know how thing work out.

Walter

HI LINDA.. I AGREE WITH WALTER..IN MOST STATES WITH A LETTER FROM YOUR DOCTOR ..YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A HANDICAP PLATE.. WHICH IS BETTER.. IT'S A PERMANENT THING..THEY MAY ASK YOU TO BRING IN ANOTHER DOCTORS LETTER PERIODICALLY BUT DO CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL MOTOR VEHICLE BRANCH. IN THE MEAN TIME I'LL DO SOME CHECKING FOR YOU TOO.. DO LET US KNOW..MISS PUNKIN

I LIVE IN ILLINOIS......
THANKS..... MY DOCTOR IS THE ONE WHO TOLD ME THAT THEY CHANGED THE RULES THIS YEAR AND I NO LONGER QUALIFY. SHE SAID BEFORE THAT THE REASON SHE LET ME GET THE "HANGING THING"... SHE KNOWS I NEED IT MOSTLY BECAUSE IT HURTS SO BAD WHEN I WALK...... BUT I ALSO HAVE CRONIC BRONCITIS (?) AND EMPHISEMA (?) I CAN'T SPELL.... ANYWAY...I WAS GETTING IT FOR NOT BREATHING VERY GOOD WALKIN IN TO THE STORES AND WHERE EVER I HAD TO GO....I WOULD BE SO SHORT OF BREATH AND IN A LOT OF PAIN.... WELL SHE SAID THAT I CAN'T GET IT FOR MY FIBRO...MYOFACITIS BECAUSE THE GOV SAIS THAT ISN'T DISSABLING..... EVEN THO IT IS!!!! SO SHE GOT IT FOR MY BREATHING PROBLEMS BUT NOW SHE SAID I CAN'T GET IT BECAUSE...THEY CHANGED IT FROM ...200 FT. WITHOUT HELP TO 400FT. AND SHE THINKS I DON'T QUALIFY ACCORDING TO THE GOV. AND SHE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO TROUBLE FOR SIGNING THE PAPER. SORRY IF I'M NOT MAKING ANY SENSE HERE.... AND I DON'T SPELL VERY GOOD. I USED TO BE GOOD AT ALL THIS BEFORE ALL THE MEDS... KILLIN MY BRAIN!!! I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CONVINCE HER I DO NEED IT BADLY!!!! ESPECIALLY IN RAINY... REAL COLD OR REAL HOT WEATHER.... OR SOMETIMES ALL THE TIME.... I KNOW I SOUND GOOVEY HERE I'M JUST GETTING UPSET CAUSE OF THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE POWER OVER OUR LIVES!!!! THEY DON'T FEEL "MY PAIN!!!" !!!!!!!!
THANKS FOR LISTENING!!!

Morning Linda. I'll check the Illinois traffic laws and see what the requirements are to get what Georiga refers to as a "DP" (Disabled Person) license plate and I'll report back.

Walter

HI LINDA..I WENT TO www.dmv.org ...AND UNDER ILLINOIS DMV...I WENT TO QUALIFYING DISABILITIES..IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT 400 FT AT ALL..IT IS 200 FEET WITH A CONDITION REQUIRING HELP BY ANOTHER PERSON .. A WHEEL CHAIR .. ANY ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE OR CANE OR WALKER OR IF YOU CAN'T BLOW AT LEAST 1 LITER OF AIR OUT..IF YOU HAVE EMPHASEMA ..YOU SHOULD QUALIFY AND IT IS VERY DISCRETIONARY BY DOCTORS WHETHER TO FILL OUT THOSE PAPERS FOR YOU.. YOU MAY NEED TO SEE ANOTHER DR.. BUT MY GUESS WOULD BE THAT WITH ALL OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE WRONG.. YOU WOULD BE AT LEAST ABLE TO GET A TEMPORARY PLACARD..DO YOU USE A CANE OR ANYTHING TO HELP YOU WALK?..IF NOT I'D START COMPLAINING THAT I COULDN'T WALK WITHOUT HELP AND GET ONE..IF YOU DO NOT STAY RIGHT ON THE DOCTORS AND KEEP COMPLAINING THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING..YOU HAVE TO BE ADAMENT..DO NOT GIVE UP.. KEEP GOING AND COMPLAINING YOU CAN'T WALK THAT FAR AND GET IT ON RECORD....THAT WOULD QUALIFY YOU..SOME DOCTORS DO NOT WANT TO SAY YOU ARE DISABLED BECAUSE IF YOU APPLY FOR DISABILITY THEY MAY BE CALLED IN TO VERIFY THEIR FINDINGS AND EVEN IF YOU ARE DISABLED ..IT TAKES TIME FROM THEIR BUSY SCHEDULES TO GO TO COURT... AND NO DOCTORS WANT TO BE HELD TO BEAR FOR THEIR FINDINGS..JUST IN CASE THEY MAY GET SUED.. AND THEN AGAIN SOME JUST DON'T CARE.KEEP YOUR CHIN UP.. YOU CAN DO THIS ..PUT YOUR MIND TO IT AND DON'T LET THEM PUSH YOU AROUND..YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS FOR SURE WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO..LET ME KNOW WHAT HAPPENS..IN THE MEANTIME I'LL SPEAK TO A FRIEND OF MINE WHO IS A DOCTOR HERE AND SEE WHAT HE THINKS YOU SHOULD DO..MARGIE

HELLO EVERYONE, I JUST WANTED TO SAY... I APPLIED FOR DISSABILITY AND HAD TO WAIT 10 YEARS TO GET IT!!! I WENT TO COURT SEVERAL TIMES TO APPEAL, WITH MY ATTORNEY. HE SAID IT WAS THE JUDGE I HAD. HE TOLD ME RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING THAT I HAD A REAL GOOD CASE BUT THE JUDGE I HAD DIDN'T THINK SO. WE FINALLY TOOK IT TO THE SUPREME COURT AND THE JUDGE LOOKED AT IT (A FEMALE) AND GRANTED ME IT RIGHT AWAY AND SAID I WAITED FAR TOO LONG AS IT WAS. YEP...10 YEARS!!!! I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE SOMEONE CARE ENOUGH FOR ME TO HELP ME OUT ALL THESE YEARS. I HAVE SEVERAL HEALTH ISSUES. THE ONE I WENT FOR DISSABILITY FOR WAS... I HAVE A BIPOLAR DEPRESSION,MANIC DISORDER. THE MEDICATIONS I TAKE FOR IT WORK FOR AWHILE THEN THEY NEED TO BE INCREASED UNTIL I AM AT THE TOP DOSE AND SO THEY PUT ME ON SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SOMETIMES ALL THIS REQUIRED A HOSPITAL STAY IN THE MENTAL HEALTH WARD. I DON'T LIKE BEING LABELED WITH THAT!!! ANYWAY. I ALSO HAVE ARTHRITIS IN BOTH KNEES, HIPS,SHOULDERS, AND BACK. I ALSO HAVE ANXIETY, AND OCD AND AD/HD.AND FOR THE PAST 9 1/2/YRS. I HAVE FIBROMYALGIA-MYOFACITIS. UNFORTUNATELY THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT CONCIDER THIS TO BE A DISSABELING DISEASE. EVERYTHING I HAVE READ UP ON THIS SAYS IT IS A DISSABLING DISSEASE (CAN'T SPELL EITHER) ANYWAY... I WAKE UP IN PAIN ALL OVER MY BODY AND I FALL ASLEEP WITH PAIN. ANYWHERE I GET TOUCHED I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A BRUISE THERE. IT HURTS TO WALK VERY FAR. MY HIPS AND LEGS AND FEET. SOMETIMES JUST TO WALK FROM ONE ROOM TO ANOTHER AT THE OTHER END OF MY HOUSE...NOT BIG. I USED TO HAVE A HANDI-CAP SIGN TO PUT UP ON THE MIRROR OF THE CAR I DRIVE IN BUT AFTER I STARTED GETTING MY DISSABILITY... GO FIGURE...THEY TOOK IT AWAY AND SAID I DON'T NEED IT. BELIEVE ME I DO!!!! I ALSO HAVE CRONIC BRONCHITIS AND EMPHESEMA. I HAVE TWO INHALORS TO USE. I SLEEP WITH A BREATHING MACHINE AT NIGHT BECAUSE I STOP BREATHING WHEN I SLEEP. BESIDES ALL THIS I TAKE MEDS FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE 2 PILLS A DAY. 2 FOR HIGH COLLESTROL (GOOD RIGHT NOW) I TAKE MEDS FOR MUSCLE RELAXERS AND INFAMATORY (FLEXERIL) 3 TIMES A DAY. SLEEPING MEDS.. AMBIAM OR I'M UP TILL 4 AM IF I DON'T GET 9 HRS OF SLEEP I GET MORE PAIN AND MORE DEPRESSION...IT'S A BIG CIRCLE. I HAVE LUMPS IN MY ARMS AND LEGS, THE BACK OF MY NECK AND IN FROMT, LIKE IF YA HAVE SWOLLEN GLANDS. ALL THIS FROM THE FIBRO AND MYOFACITIS. I HAVE MUSCLE WEEKNESS. I CAN'T EVEN LIFT A POT OF WATER TO THE STOVE SOMETIMES. OR POUR A GALLON OF MILK SOMETIMES. I HAVE TO TAKE BATHS BECAUSE I AM IN PAIN WASHING MYSELF IN MY ARMS AND HANDS I HAVE TO REST A LOT. I LOST ALL MY TEETH FROM ALL THE MEDICATIONS I WAS ON. HAD BOTH GUMS CUT OPEN TO DO EXTENSIVE WORK ON THEM $3,000.00 WORTH AND I STILL CAN'T KEEP MY BOTTOMS IN AND THEY HURT BAD WHEN I NEED TO PUT THEM IN ONLY TO TRY TO EAT SOMETHING. SO NOW I GAINED A TON OF WEIGHT FROM MY MEDS AND EATING FOOD THAT I DON'T NEED BOTTOM TEETH IN A LOT.I AM A MESS!!!! BOTH HANDS HAD SURGERY....AND THEY WANT TO KNOW WHY I GET SO DEPRESSED????? LOL. AND SOME OF YOU KNOW HOW I WAS BROUGHT UP AND THE LIFE I HAD. I COULD WRITE A BOOK. I GUESS I'M CLOSE TO THAT NOW SO I BETTER GO...LOL THANKS FOR LISTENING. ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW I MIGHT GET MY HANDICAP PLATE THING BACK???? THEY SAID I DON'T QUALIFY ANYMORE. LOL I JUST WANT TO FEEL HUMAN...LIKE A REAL PERSON....
GENTLE HUGS TO ALL......... LINDA

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!