I AM sure I will not be the only person moved enough to write in response to the opinions of S Unsworth (Letters, June 2), but I laughed out loud when I read her comments implying that disabled people who parked in bays for mother and baby were 'selfish and inadequate.'

Might I suggest that from whatever world she's living in she considers the real problems that disabled people face every day.

Has she ever seen a lone driver getting a wheelchair out of a car and manoeuvring it into position? It is an art in itself, let alone a physical impossibility without a wider space.

As a young disabled person myself, I am well aware that there are those who park in designated areas without concern for others, but to imply that she has a greater need for the space than the disabled shows a real lack of empathy.

As a chronic pain sufferer, like all disabled people I need to park as close to the shops as possible and I'm afraid if this means parking in a mother and baby space I will do so.

I am not denying that she hasn't got a need for the space, but a disabled person's need is greater.

May I also add that disabled people have children, too and I hope that if I have children one day I will not be faced with such selfishness and intolerance.

KATHRYN FRANKISH, Keble Drive, Byeton, Leicester.