DLA and then what?

diamondsky

HI,

I think you will find your answers on this website:-
http://www.spt.co.uk/concessionarytravel/index.html

diamondsky

Hi,

Found this site as well. Specifically for students with a disability. There is a drop menu on the top "UK Pages", which you can click on to bring up the Scotland page, which gives information.

Taken from site:Skill Scotland wants disabled people to make the most of their educational and employment opportunities and can help by providing the information and advice that they need.

I am sure this site will be of use, you can also e-mail them for advice and I would hope they point you in the right direction.

Good luck!

http://www.skill.org.uk/index.asp

ohreally

alaska30 wrote:

I live in Scotland.
Im not on DLA but I am registered disabled as I have MS.

Could you explain in what terms you're registered as registration was dropped some time ago to avoid labelling and stigmatising?

alaska30 wrote:

Only two weeks ago I applied and today I received the bus pass.

Does this differ from the national entitlement card?

alaska30

No, the register couldn't have been dropped as I only registered disabled this year. If you are registered disabled the only proof you need to apply for the free bus pass is a signature from your doctor. For my blue badge it was the same. I am on no benefits at all as I am self employed but that doesn't mean I cant claim as I understand I am entitled to claim DLA AND DWA if I so wish.

Fleago

The Disability Discrimination Act (1995) did indeed abolish The Disabled Persons Register which was administered by the Jobcentre (previously Employment Service) and under which people would be classified as Registered Disabled. This was the registration laid down by the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act of 1944 that obliged employers of more than 20 people to employ a quota of registered disabled people, a requirement that the DDA also abolished.

Post DDA, many local authorities have registers of people with disabilities, which help to deploy services where appropriate. So, people may now consider themselves to be registered disabled as they are on one of these registers, but they are not Registered Disabled as in the sense of the old national scheme.

Hope this helps.

Fleago

Poppycat

My daughter now gets dla at higher rate, can I as nominated driver get exemption as she relies on our car for leisure/shopping trips and if we can can we get road tax backdated as we did with dla from July 07 which funny enough is when road tax for our new car (2nd hand) was purchased and we have asking to appeal to Feb 07 as thats when we did get the dla forms