My mom used my disability to be lazy So, I am not "disabled" on paper. My doctor has signed off on a placard for me, but I rarely use it. I have severe RA, and when I have a flare up gravity hurts. I can't lay in bed because the pressure hurts my joints. The worst of them (my left arm) has to be suspended to get any relief. It's insane what I have to do sometimes, but whatever. When it's not a flare up, I have limited mobility but I look and (try to) act like nothing is wrong. I just got back into running a few months ago.  So, we went to the rodeo over the weekend. Lots of walking and up/down getting on/off rides. Just what an arthritic knee hates, so by the end I had a little limp to me. There is a bridge that they direct everyone over to get over the street that can be bypassed (but of course they don't want everyone doing that because of traffic). I asked the lady directing if there was a handicapped accessible route, and she explained that yes but I would need proof of disability (not sure how legal that is but I'm use to people not believing me). My mom throws a fit- starts reeeeing at how they can't do that and how horrible it is to treat disabilities that way. We get to the other side and I mention to her that she didn't need to do that, I would have been fine since we are leaving. Her answer? "Oh, I just didn't want to take the steps. I did it for me" Nothing like being used and made a spectacle of for a ham planets laziness. THIS is why we don't "hang out" more, mom.