The staff in the shop were very good. They knew me quite well and also that I had Parkinson's Disease. One of the assistants politely asked the woman to leave, while another took me and the baby through to the back and gave me a cup of coffee. Afterwards she drove me home. It really took me a long time to get over this, even today I can still hear that woman's voice.
People can be so cruel.
Maybe some of it is just nastiness but ignorance could also play a big part in it. The Parkinson's Disease Society is trying to open people's eyes about Parkinson's Disease. It is a disease which ordinary people know nothing about, and those who do associate it with old people. Maybe people would not be as hasty to belittle disabled people if they mixed more with them. They would then find out that they really are the same as themselves.