Blue Badge 'police'

Winter_Jasmine

SandraScarlett wrote: »

Saffstar, I am positive that anyone with half a braincell, reading the quote, can see that your comment about your cousin has been taken completely out of context.

xx

Thanks Sandra, it looks like someone's just desperate to draw anyone with a balanced viewpoint into an argument

SingleSue

wattdallas wrote: »

Yeah who cares if shes got spina bifada and has been in a wheelchair her whole life,she not in any pain :eek:

I really don't think that was her point.....

As I have said before, I use a crutch, without it I would not be able to go very far at all, I also do the family shopping.

We have a fairly small Morrisons, when shopping, I put my crutch in the trolley (I can no longer carry a basket, even if I am only getting a few items) and use the trolley to help me but even though the shop is a small one and I only go to the aisles I need, I am in horrendous pain by the time I finish a small shop and need assistance to have the shopping put into bags.

Does it stop me trying to do the shop? Not on your nelly! Do I give in to my body and its shortcomings? Nope!

So, for the walking stick brigade which was so horribly made mention of earlier in this thread, it is not all sweetness and roses and an excuse for a BB (of which I do not have one), but for a fair few, a never ending round of pain trying to keep doing whatever someone has always been doing.

The same as any wheelchair bound person really....we all have our challenges and we all try to overcome them in whatever way we can.

And I think (at least I hope!) that was the point of her post...there should not be the 'my disability is worse than yours' stance, we are all in the same blooming boat - trying to lead our lives as best we can!

jblack_2

SingleSue wrote: »

...there should not be the 'my disability is worse than yours' stance, we are all in the same blooming boat - trying to lead our lives as best we can!

There has to be though. If there wasn't then every person with a disability would have a BB. I am colour blind, this is a disability although at a very, very inconsiderable level compared to someone in a wheelchair for example. If the 'my disability is worse than yours' attitude didn't exist would it be ok for me to have a BB?

Indie_Kid

jblack wrote: »

There has to be though. If there wasn't then every person with a disability would have a BB. I am colour blind, this is a disability although at a very, very inconsiderable level compared to someone in a wheelchair for example. If the 'my disability is worse than yours' attitude didn't exist would it be ok for me to have a BB?

Being colour blind (I am too) doesn't prevent you from walking across a car park safely and you don't need the car door opened wide either.

wattdallas

SingleSue wrote: »

I really don't think that was her point.....

As I have said before, I use a crutch, without it I would not be able to go very far at all, I also do the family shopping.

We have a fairly small Morrisons, when shopping, I put my crutch in the trolley (I can no longer carry a basket, even if I am only getting a few items) and use the trolley to help me but even though the shop is a small one and I only go to the aisles I need, I am in horrendous pain by the time I finish a small shop and need assistance to have the shopping put into bags.

Does it stop me trying to do the shop? Not on your nelly! Do I give in to my body and its shortcomings? Nope!

So, for the walking stick brigade which was so horribly made mention of earlier in this thread, it is not all sweetness and roses and an excuse for a BB (of which I do not have one), but for a fair few, a never ending round of pain trying to keep doing whatever someone has always been doing.

The same as any wheelchair bound person really....we all have our challenges and we all try to overcome them in whatever way we can.

And I think (at least I hope!) that was the point of her post...there should not be the 'my disability is worse than yours' stance, we are all in the same blooming boat - trying to lead our lives as best we can!

How can you possibly say we are all in the same boat

The FACT is were not. Not all disabilities are the same and causes the same care needs .Surely you know this.

Why do you think this gorvernment are are overhauling the system.

SingleSue

jblack wrote: »

There has to be though. If there wasn't then every person with a disability would have a BB. I am colour blind, this is a disability although at a very, very inconsiderable level compared to someone in a wheelchair for example. If the 'my disability is worse than yours' attitude didn't exist would it be ok for me to have a BB?

My point is though, you still have a disability which has an impact on your life..if may appear inconsequential to others but to you, it causes an impact.

My old example has always been - My eldest son has dyslexia, to me that is nothing in comparison with the other problems the boys have but to another parent who has a child with dyslexia, it can be the hugest thing and I can understand that. The perfect child they thought they may have is not there and there is still a grieving process to go through, the hassles with education to go through than they would have had with a child who has no problems.

Ok, dyslexia does not entitle someone to a BB and in most cases, DLA but it is still a disability that causes problems to the person who is suffering from it and we should not belittle those concerns and difficulties.

SingleSue

wattdallas wrote: »

How can you possibly say we are all in the same boat

The FACT is were not. Not all disabilities are the same and causes the same care needs .Surely you know this.

Why do you think this gorvernment are are overhauling the system.

It seems you didn't get my point either, maybe I was not clear enough.

I did not say we all have the same difficulties, just that we are all trying to work our way through our problems that our particular disability causes...and in that endeavour, we are all in the same boat.

I know particularly well that different disabilities create different care and mobility needs due to the varying problems my children and I have and of course I understand the reasons why the system is being overhauled.

Indie_Kid

wattdallas wrote: »

Why do you think this gorvernment are are overhauling the system.

To save as much money as they can - because in reality, all they care about is money - not the impact this will have on disabled people.

DanE2010

wattdallas wrote: »

How can you possibly say we are all in the same boat

The FACT is were not. Not all disabilities are the same and causes the same care needs .Surely you know this.

Why do you think this gorvernment are are overhauling the system.

Do you have anything constructive to say?! ever?! People are trying to explain things to you and see what they get back from you, you just come across as being someone who doesnt know much about what your talking about so instead you resullt to being rude and abusive.

And fyi the system is being overhauled primarily to save money, this pretty apparent, surely you know this?! but you and others would rather lay the blame on people abusing the system, yet the figures arent there to support this, you just have your own prejudice opinion that the system is being abused on such a scale that it would warrent a system overhaul yet have no evidence to support this other than "I know someone down the road, or my cousin, uncle, friend of a friend is on the make and claiming fraudulently" which doesnt speak for the country as a whole.

DanE2010

wattdallas wrote: »

How can you possibly say we are all in the same boat

The FACT is were not. Not all disabilities are the same and causes the same care needs .Surely you know this.

Why do you think this gorvernment are are overhauling the system.

And to get back to the OT re blue badges FACT is we are all in the same boat, no blue badge holder has priority over a space , someone in a wheelchair doesnt have priority, thems the rules..........