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Woman slams Tesco customers for staring at her as they do not believe she is disabled

A disabled woman has slammed Tesco customers for staring at her as she does not look disabled.

Helen, a young disabled woman, has hit out at Tesco shoppers after a note was left on her car.

The note, written in block capitals on February 27, said: "Your BB (blue badge) has been taken and reported to the ticket office", Birmingham Live reports.

Helen, from the North West, said: "Just because I’m young and not in wheelchair doesn’t mean I’m not entitled to a blue badge."

Helen has a 'really bad back' and has undergone a number of spinal surgeries, with nerve damage in her legs.

She went for a walk in Heaton Park recently. And when she returned to her vehicle, she was met with the callous note.

"They obviously saw me, saw that I'm in my 40s, walking away... and I just thought they've got no idea what my circumstances are. Someone once said to me 'are you travelling around with a dead relative's blue badge'."

She said in other circumstances she would confront people by saying things like 'do you want to see the scars down my back'. In past incidents, she was branded a "b****" by a ma with a walking stick when she parked in a disabled space alongside her autistic son.

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