Great 'What discounts can I get when I'm disabled' Hunt

Indie_Kid

boxercrazy wrote: »

Can anyone tell me HOW to register disabled, I have rang our local council and they didnt seem to know...???

Because it only exists for sight impaired (no idea about deaf?) people - which is done through the eye hospital.

Mannix

For those registered as partially sighted or blind you are entitled to a discount worth upto 50% for you and a carer when using the railway. You will need to show your yellow disability registration card, but you do not need to buy a railcard. This also applies to passengers travelling in a wheelchair. It actually states this in the small print of the disabled railcard leaflet, which is why I checked at the ticket desk. In all the times I have travelled this way the discount has never been less than 50%. I feel this concession should be more widely publicised, especially at railway stations.

portlandboy

boxercrazy wrote: »

Can anyone tell me HOW to register disabled, I have rang our local council and they didnt seem to know...???

If you mean for the purpose of getting a blue badge, your local authority do deal with this, with questions to your GP, otherwise applying for and then receiving DLA gives you many of the options mentioned here. DLA forms can be obtained from Jobcentres or online here:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Diol1/DoItOnline/DG_10017715

teakbank12

boxercrazy wrote: »

Can anyone tell me HOW to register disabled, I have rang our local council and they didnt seem to know...???

There is no such thing as being registered as disabled.
You are covered under the DDA for any long term Chronic condition.

Tonyoates

JayWalker wrote: »

BT offer a free directory enquiries service for people who can "prove" they are unable to handle or read a directory. For details, call 195 from a landline.

please be aware that you will have to nominate your landline or a mobile-- not both.

sunfleur

Shyskins I have sent you a Private message via this forum.

moesbigbird

Hi
I see that most of the discounts for disabled appear to be for southern UK, however I know that the following offer discounts for Disabled wheelchair users in Manchester.

The Bridgewater Hall :- the carer goes free for wheelchair users & you get a pass for free parking when you book subject to space. This is a great venue & you can get to sit right at the front if you book early enough, its small but the staff are very helpful, there is a disabled toilet & the food in the food in the charles Halle Restaurant is excellent.

The Lowry Salford Quays :- again the carer goes free for wheelchair users. Good venue for most things i have seen there.

:mad: I wish the Manchester Evening News Arena would offer discounts though. However the artists can give discounts directly so when i went to see Westlife & Boyzone there I paid slightly less for my tickets than for normal seats.

Hope this helps

KarenA_2

My son is in receipt of DLA and I also receive Carers Allowance for him. We have had a number of free or 'cheap' days out. We now take the letter from his doctor stating that he doesn't understand the concept of queuing and he lacks social skills, as well as the letters stating that we get DLA and Carers Allowance, as some places have wanted to see all 3 letters before allowing a carer to enter for free or issuing exit passes.

Just to let some of you know, as most of you know, most places do let in a free carer with a disabled person BUT sometimes you have to pay for them in full - ie cash or card and NOT with Tesco's clubcard vouchers.

We've been refused a free carer pass from Merlin when using Tesco clubcard vouchers, as they say that their heavily discounted the pass in the first place. I told them that the were discriminating against disabled people, but they stuck to the guns, which meant I had to use Tesco clubcard vouchers for me too! Also Cadbury's World, you have to pay cash for the disabled person to get the carer in free.

Indie_Kid

KarenA wrote: »

My son is in receipt of DLA and I also receive Carers Allowance for him. We have had a number of free or 'cheap' days out. We now take the letter from his doctor stating that he doesn't understand the concept of queuing and he lacks social skills, as well as the letters stating that we get DLA and Carers Allowance, as some places have wanted to see all 3 letters before allowing a carer to enter for free or issuing exit passes.

Thanks for the warning. All I've ever had to show is my registration card from socail services. All this say is that I'm registered as a disabled person. (this has no information about what my exact diabilities are - just says "registerd sight impaired / partially sighted") No letter from consultant or DLA letter.

TOBRUK

leathersofa wrote: »

AFAIK you cannot get mobility allowance for any child under 3 because the thinking is that as far as mobility is concerned they are the same as any child of that age, no matter what their disability is - ie no baby can walk/go out alone etc.

A baby was awarded mobility and a blue badge here in Wales a few months back - after the extreme case was highlighted on the news and the Welsh Assembly now look into cases where there is a severely disabled child under three.

boxercrazy wrote: »

Can anyone tell me HOW to register disabled, I have rang our local council and they didnt seem to know...???

As teakbank says, there is isn't such a thing as being registered disabled anymore - there used to be as I was registered disabled! I remember getting a phonecall from the DSS (as it was then) where they told me that they were registering me as disabled! I told them that I didn't want to be registered disabled but I was told that I had no choice in the matter! It says 'disabled' on my driving licence.

teakbank12 wrote: »

There is no such thing as being registered as disabled.
You are covered under the DDA for any long term Chronic condition.

boxercrazy, why do you want to be registered disabled? Is it for vat relief or something similar? If it is something like that you only need to show your Award letter.