--- title: Woman Leaves Cruel Note to Justify Stealing Neighbor's Handicap Spot description: The Miamisburg, Ohio, note immediately went viral canonical: https://time.com/3750062/miamisburg-ohio-handicapped-parking-spot-amputee/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-18T22:25:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:52.382Z og:title: Read the Nasty Note a Neighbor Left an Amputee About a Handicapped Spot og:description: The Miamisburg, Ohio, note immediately went viral og:url: https://time.com/3750062/miamisburg-ohio-handicapped-parking-spot-amputee/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read the Nasty Note a Neighbor Left an Amputee About a Handicapped Spot twitter:description: The Miamisburg, Ohio, note immediately went viral twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Read the Nasty Note a Neighbor Left an Amputee About a Handicapped Spot > Sponsored content. 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She learned how to walk again, but Brady struggled to make it across the complex’s parking lot without slipping and falling on icy patches. But her struggles didn’t end after her building gave her a handicapped parking spot. “I finally get my handicapped parking spot last Thursday (March 12, 2015) and then I come home on Saturday and they’re parking in my parking spot,” she told an [ABC affiliate](http://www.abc22now.com/shared/news/top-stories/stories/wkef%5Fvid%5F25184.shtml), referencing a neighbor who did not have a handicap. So Brady decided to leave a “stern” note explaining her situation and “what it’s like to walk around without your own leg.” The shocking letter Brady reportedly received as a response to justify her actions reads: --- > “” --- After Brady’s sister shared the letter on Facebook in an attempt to shine a light on the nuanced struggles many handicapped people face on a daily basis, it went viral and she received sympathetic feedback right away. “\[My neighbor\] told me to cry to someone who cares,” Brady says, “So I went to the internet and it turns out a lot of people care.” \[[ABC](http://www.abc22now.com/shared/news/top-stories/stories/wkef%5Fvid%5F25184.shtml)\] _Read next:_ [_Someone Keeps Photocopying Their Cat at the University of Wisconsin Library_](http://time.com/3749329/photocopy-cat-university-of-wisconsin-library/?iid=time%5Freadnext) ### 5 Horrible Habits You Need to Stop Right Now  Do Not Email First Thing in the Morning or Last Thing at Night “The former scrambles your priorities and all your plans for the day and the latter just gives you insomnia,” says Ferriss, who insists “email can wait until 10am” or after you check off at least one substantive to-do list item. 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