An amputee without legs turned to TikTok to scold a woman who had engaged her for parking in a handicapped spot. On Jan. 13, 28-year-old Jessica Long, a decorated swimmer who won one gold, three silver, and two bronze medals at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, slammed the nameless person for assuming that she had no right to the space even though she has a handicap parking permit.
“So, it just happened again,” she says in the now-viral TikTok. “I was parking my car — and I hope she sees this — this woman just has the nerve to look me up and down disgusted that I parked in the handicapped spot.”
And this experience isn’t a one-time thing. “I get two to four comments per week, just going about my normal routine and parking in handicap spaces. I’ve had people yell at me, leave notes on my windshield, knock on my car window, or wait for me to get out of my car just to tell me I can’t park there. My worst experience to date was an older couple that followed me around a grocery store and kept making comments because they wanted the handicap spot I took and said that I didn’t need it. I even explained I had two prosthetic legs and they told me I was a liar,” she explained in one of her Instagram posts.
After she had to defend herself for parking in a handicapped spot, Jessica Long made a TikTok to tell people to be careful with making assumptions
@jessicatatianalongTo the handicap police… be kind! ##amputeelife ##fyp♬ orijinal ses – cagritaner
It all started when a woman pulled up next to Jessica’s car and gave her a disrespectful look, saying she shouldn’t be parking there
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But Jessica is an amputee — she doesn’t have legs
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The woman whose video already has 4.2 million views was born with a birth defect called fibular hemimelia
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“I was missing my fibula bones and several other bones in my lower legs. I did have a little foot with three toes on each leg”
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“My adoptive parents had those amputated when I was 18 months old so I could be fitted with prosthetic legs and learn to walk”
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Jessica is a great swimmer: she’s a 13-time Paralympic champion!
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She began swimming in her grandparents’ pool and joined her first competitive team at age 10
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At age 12, she became the youngest member of the US Paralympics team, winning 3 gold medals during her debut at the Athens 2004 Games
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Here’s what people said after watching her viral TikTok
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