A woman who has multiple sclerosis was left shocked when she was confronted by a stranger in a car park demanding to know why she had a blue badge.
Hannah Campbell was diagnosed with the condition, which is caused by the immune system mistakenly attacking the brain and nerves, five years ago.
She first suspected something was wrong when she awoke with double vision and developed headaches and fatigue.
Her father also has MS and she was later diagnosed.
Now 22, she was confronted by a stranger who suggested she was not entitled to have the blue badge displayed in her car.
Hannah told Derbyshire Live: "I felt really shaken and realised how much he had rushed to judgement about my condition.
"I had just put the trolley back after shopping and made my way back to my car when the man stopped me.
“He told me someone had been taking pictures of blue badges in cars and made out he was warning me to be careful and implied I had stolen it and he didn't want me to get caught.
"I was completely taken by surprise that he should say that and I did my best to ignore him and get into my car as soon as I could.
"The thing is, I have good days, and bad days when the pain is so bad I can't hardly get about and need crutches, and another day when it eases but still isn't right and I am determined not to use crutches.
"I tried not to let it affect me. He was showing his prejudice. Just because you can't see someone's disability, it doesn't mean it's not there. I don't want to have a blue badge but I need to.
“Nobody wants to be disabled.”
Hannah has been in and out of college a couple of times since her diagnosis but now thinks she is in the right mental state to train in animal care. She also wants to raise more awareness about MS and recently took part in publicity during the national MS Awareness Week.
She added: “I struggle with a lot of pain, weakness and fatigue and recently I have been having to use crutches to help my walking.
"I would like to raise awareness of sometimes invisible, sometimes visible disabilities that people can have and no one would know.
“Not all disabilities are visible and just because we’re young, it doesn’t mean we’re fine and doesn’t mean we can’t possibly be disabled."
