Disabled travel pass refused, can i sue?

Indie_Kid

The criteria for bus pass and railcards are different.

Savvy_Sue

kittykitten wrote: »

Incidentally, I'll still have my disabled persons railcard for a further two years as they're issued for 3 years at a time. Am I obliged to hand it in?

GlasweJen wrote: »

Hi Kitty, you'd need to check with the railcard people, if you still need someone with you when you travel then i don't see why you should hand it back as you paid for the railcard.

I agree that kitty needs to check, but it doesn't sound as if she's ever needed someone with her to travel, and that's not one of the criteria for getting one! I have one as a hearing aid user, and was taken aback the other day to be asked if I needed any assistance - taken aback because no-one's ever asked that before and I've made quite a few journeys using it!

My suggestion for returning to driving is that you have at least one refresher lesson and see how you get on. I didn't have to give up my licence post brain surgery but was advised that I could not drive for ... don't remember if there was a specific time, I had to get someone to agree that it was OK which was a game in itself! Anyway, it was well over 3 months in which I didn't drive, so there was no way I was just getting back behind the wheel just like that!

I have no idea how you get over the worry about possibly fitting again out of the blue.

brianmattocks

Im the same. I have a learning disability and mental health issues and GMPTE have had 2 medical cert. medication info, notes from a therapist and I even passed their own medcal and they refuse to re new my pass. Now what am I ment to do?

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brianmattocks wrote: »

Im the same. I have a learning disability and mental health issues and GMPTE have had 2 medical cert. medication info, notes from a therapist and I even passed their own medcal and they refuse to re new my pass. Now what am I ment to do?

Under which catagory did you apply?
Both Learning Disability and Mental Health are very difficult to 'pass' and not as straight forward as having a physical disability.

idvi

its clearly very diffrent by area

when i applied for mine, all i did was tick the box that said 'would be refused a driving licence' and it came within 1 week, and they never even checked with my psych nurse (i put his contact details in the evidence box)

my friend has autism and he just ticked 'learning disability' and his came without beeing checked too

Indie_Kid

idvi wrote: »

its clearly very diffrent by area

when i applied for mine, all i did was tick the box that said 'would be refused a driving licence' and it came within 1 week, and they never even checked with my psych nurse (i put his contact details in the evidence box)

my friend has autism and he just ticked 'learning disability' and his came without beeing checked too

When I applied for my freedom pass in London, I ticked the box "I am known to social services as a disabled person" and got a letter a month later telling me I wasn't. (I was and had the paperwork on its way to me) Only took almost 5 months to sort out.:mad: