oh god... first up, if you are entitled to the badge, Get The Badge. Really. If people give you filthy looks, f**k 'em. I'll take filthy looks over collapsing while trying to traverse several hundred metres of carpark, any day. A car park is not a good place to hit the deck. Anyone important in your life will know you're not taking the piss, and everyone else can go hang. Secondly, I know what you mean about disability being more accepted if you have the right "accessories". Lurch across road slowly with a walking stick, drivers wave you across and smile. Lurch across road without stick, drivers assume you are drunk and honk horns at you and yell abuse out the window. No idea what to do about that one.