Priority Seats

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Do you people with Asperger's and no physical disabilities should have priority to the seats closest to the doors on buses/trains? It say that they are for elderly and disabled people and that people with disabilities that aren't obvious can ask someone seating their to move. However, if a person with AS doesn't have any physical challenges on top of their AS, do you think they should ask the person to move?

I could never sit in one of those seats. I would feel guilty. I prefer to sit at the back awag from everyone else. Around the doors are usually crowded.

No, although I do not see a good reason. Unless someone supplies me with a good reason I will not change my mind. If you are sitting down then a seat next to the door isn't that different from a seat 5 seats down from the door.

Tell me why you would think so. I personally do not have an issue with public transportation.

I don't think so, I was just asking what you guys thought.

Or better yet handicapped parking. I'm sick of seeing twenty of those open.

I think that those seats should be given to people with mobility problems.

I would have more problems with the guilt, than problems with standing between people for half an hour.

I don't think people with any disability should ask someone to move so that they can sit in this seat unless they actually need to sit there due to their disability. I don't consider it enough to just have some kind of a disability if it doesn't affect the person's ability to stand or sit somewhere else than in that seat.

Most people with Asperger's wouldn't really need that seat, so I don't think it would be fair of them to ask people to move. However, if a person with Asperger's syndrome has some reason for actually needing that seat (maybe due to severe sensory issues or something), I think it would be fine for them to ask people to move so that they can sit there.

I have both Asperger's syndrome and physical disabilities myself.

I have a pass for concessionary travel (UK) so I pay less on trains and busses in my area are free to use with the pass. I only got this because a. my balance is very bad and I used to be forced to stand up if the bus/train was busy, resulting in me falling over, and b. because my GP thought I might venture further if I didn't have to worry about having enough change - it keeps the anxiety levels down.

They do have priority seats but I have never needed to ask anyone to move. Although if the train/bus was exceptionally busy and I did have to stand I would probably consider doing so.

I'd probably seek out the kindest looking person sat in a priority seat.

It totally annoys me when people think those seats are solely for people with physical disabilities.

Nah, aspergers isn't a physical disability (i wouldnt even say it's a disability at all, though aspies usually have other mental disabilities such as OCD)

Those damn whipper snappers are always in dem seats!

Actually I have sensory, anxiety and movement issues when on public transport so I take those seats when available. I don't tell people to move.
I have a concession too.

I don't know I'd ask anyone to move, but standing up on a moving bus isn't all that great a choice for me either. My preference is usually farther back and next to a window, however. If I can barricade the seat next to me against all comers, even better.

If I'm not standing up and near the door when it's near my stop I will start panicking. Same for trains.

When I lived near public transportation, most buses had a back door, so being in the back put me near that, by preference.

I mean standing up for the entire trip. Especially when buses turn. I have never loved being in a moving, turning vehicle.

For those of who think that people with AS should take the seats:

Do you think that they should HAVE to take the seats/everyone with AS needs them or do you think it should be a choice?

The seats are for those with difficulty standing on a bus. If someone has difficulty with that, be they AS or not, they should get them. AS has nothing to do with it.

Last edited by Bluefins on 27 Feb 2011, 7:54 pm, edited 1 time in total.