Blue Badge

idvi

pwales wrote: »

this topic really bothers me so much it made me register to the forum....i am a wheelchair user spinal cord injury...i need a wide space to get my chair out without damaging the car next to me....i dont care how far away it is from anywhere ! these space are misused by people who can walk, i have been getting in to my chair dozens of time when it is tipping down with rain getting soaking then some blue badge holders pull up in there car and RUN!! to the shop so as no to get wet!!!!!!.. then spend ages walking around the shops with no issues...THE BLUE BADGE SCHEME IS CORUPT! it should only be for people who need wider spaces to get in and out of there vehical.......why are some people trying to be disabled !being disabled is horrible! i wish everyday i could walk !!!!!!!!!! i would rip up that blue badge in seconds!!!

right.. so are you talking about me then??

you may have a bad physical disability but that isnt anyt reason to have a go at others with problems too.
i have no idea the way your disability affects you so i would never dare criticise.

disability can be mental or physical and people with mental problems can have mobility problems because of it

if you had bothered to read my thread you would have seen this. look at opost 48 http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=34412701&postcount=48

even the dept of transport think the criteria for bbs isnt wide enough for some mental health mobility problems.

again, fyi: i dont even want a bloody bage to park in disabled bays - i wouldnt dream of taking up 1 of a limited number of spaces in tesco etc. i want it for when we are in urabn areas with single/double yellows and we can just park by the door and get in, and get out

parking further away is probably BETTER for me at a supermarket as i need to get myself braved up ready to go in

so dont think just becayse your in a wheelchair it gives you the right to complain about other disabled people... we a re all equal.

id tear up[ all my benefits claims, my bus pass everythin right now if i didnt have this messed up brain, but i do and i have to live with it. so because of that every last little bit helps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if you still have a problem with that then just deal with it!!!

rolopolo_2

I am a bit nervous about posting to this thread as there seems to be a lot of people who are not very supportive of people with different types of disabilities. Can I ask please that people do not flame me for asking this question.

I have been registered partially sighted for a number of years now due to a degeneritive untreatable eye condition. I lost my driving licence over 12 years ago. It took me several years to get up the courage to apply for DLA as I found it hard to admit the extent of my disability. I was awarded DLA with the lower mobility component.

Recently I have started to find my eyesight is getting worse. I am now at the stage where I struggle to walk down stairs and have to hold the handrail and go extremely slowly because I cannot make out where stairs stop and start. This can cause a lot of tutting from people behind me on the stairs which I find a bit upsetting. I am also frightened of falling down stairs. I also find in multi-storey car parks that I need to wait for my husband to take my hand to guide me as I struggle to see because they are often quite dark.

I have recently been thinking that a Blue Badge would make a big difference to me when it comes to parking in multi-storey car parks as the bays are generally on floors with easy access out to shops often without needing to go up and down badly lit stairs.

But I am concerned from reading these posts that even if I do get a Blue Badge, people might abuse me for having one. The problem with being partially sighted is that it is such a hidden disability. I look normal (whatever that is) to most people and it is only when I meet things such as crowds, badly lit areas, bright sunshine, stairs and low/high obstacles that my disability becomes apparent. Then if I slow down, people often assume that I am being rude or stupid.

Has anyone who is registered partially sighted had any success in applying for a Blue Badge? And if so, how has their experience been of using one?

Thanks

cherub1965

its not up to people with badges who gets them and who doesnt.if you need one you need one,end of story.we are all different.none of us enjoy having theses problems. when idvi posted i was pounced on as i couldnt see how she would need one,but now i have read hers and other posters stories in similar situations i can see their point.saying it should just be wheelchair users is wrong.i have good days when i can walk bit better but i get tired easily.i try to grit my teeth and not limp or hobble so people may look at me and say i dont need a badge.i do though.took me half an hour to psych myself to get out of bed this morning am so sore all over,yet tomorrow i may be ok??baffles me:D.

cherub1965

rolopolo wrote: »

I am a bit nervous about posting to this thread as there seems to be a lot of people who are not very supportive of people with different types of disabilities. Can I ask please that people do not flame me for asking this question.

I have been registered partially sighted for a number of years now due to a degeneritive untreatable eye condition. I lost my driving licence over 12 years ago. It took me several years to get up the courage to apply for DLA as I found it hard to admit the extent of my disability. I was awarded DLA with the lower mobility component.

Recently I have started to find my eyesight is getting worse. I am now at the stage where I struggle to walk down stairs and have to hold the handrail and go extremely slowly because I cannot make out where stairs stop and start. This can cause a lot of tutting from people behind me on the stairs which I find a bit upsetting. I am also frightened of falling down stairs. I also find in multi-storey car parks that I need to wait for my husband to take my hand to guide me as I struggle to see because they are often quite dark.

I have recently been thinking that a Blue Badge would make a big difference to me when it comes to parking in multi-storey car parks as the bays are generally on floors with easy access out to shops often without needing to go up and down badly lit stairs.

But I am concerned from reading these posts that even if I do get a Blue Badge, people might abuse me for having one. The problem with being partially sighted is that it is such a hidden disability. I look normal (whatever that is) to most people and it is only when I meet things such as crowds, badly lit areas, bright sunshine, stairs and low/high obstacles that my disability becomes apparent. Then if I slow down, people often assume that I am being rude or stupid.

Has anyone who is registered partially sighted had any success in applying for a Blue Badge? And if so, how has their experience been of using one?

Thanks

have a look at post 52,the poster seems to have the same problem as yourself.its up to your doctor and council who gets a badge,if you need it you will get one,simple as that.good luck:)

Indie_Kid

I'm registered partially sighted and have been turned down - yet, can only see about 10 feet. And it made no difference that my eyesight problems also cause me to have balance issues. yes, I can walk; but fal over and can't walk in a straight line.

According to the form I got, I could apply if I received mobility allowance. (I do) Yet, got told by the council after applying, that it has to be high rate - why that wasn't said on the forms, I don't know. Very misleading.

cherub1965

i'm not sure but i think diffrent councils have different rules.should all be the same in my opinion.have you seen post 52? if she gets one you should surely??
i think they are tightening up who gets one to be honest as so many people applying

Indie_Kid

Poster of post #52 is registered blind. Blind people are automatically entitled to a blue badge; partially sighted people aren't.

pwales_2

sh1305 wrote: »

There is? Where?

they are the people who are well enough to run because its raining ...then to ill to function or walk when they speak to a doctor and convince them they need a b/b...i repeat my veiw if you can walk you do not need a special /wide space ....and what gets me is that people are in to much pain to walk to extra 10 mtrs to a normal space but once in the shop they spend HOURS walking about it just dont add up to me

rolopolo_2

sh1305 wrote: »

Poster of post #52 is registered blind. Blind people are automatically entitled to a blue badge; partially sighted people aren't.

Thanks for that. Do you know what criteria is used to decide if partially sighted people can be awarded Blue Badges?

idvi

just got the post (a bit late!)

application has been refused "you do not have a disability which affecvts your walking"

our local council doesnt have much discretion it seems - and they didnt write to my gp, they just based it on what i wrote

it was worth a go!