Turned down for blue badge

Chrisca50

I don't know if anyone can give me any help or ideas please. My DGD (she will be 3 in July) has lots of medical problems but mainly she suffers with an inflamed and ulcerated small bowel, pica (which is a type of food aversion), asthma, processing sensory disorder, high functioning autisum, gastro silent reflux and suspected fitting with blank stare moments. She has just been referred to Great Ormond Street as she has a growth problem that makes her grow too quickly for her age, one of the problems being that she is having to wear shoes that have to be made for her as her legs and feet are too wide for normal shoes. She is receiving the highest rate of DLA. My DIL has just been turned down for a blue badge by Medway Council. She is considering appealing this and I was wondering if anyone could give any help on the best way to proceed with this please. Thanks

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Taken from the Medway Council website:

You can qualify for this scheme if one of the following applies to you:

you receive the higher rate of the mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) if you are between the ages of five and 65 years (if you are younger than five or older than 65, you will need a medical report from your GP or consultant);
you receive the War Pensioners’ Mobility Supplement;
you use a motor vehicle supplied for disabled people by a Government Health Department
you are registered blind;
you have a severe disability in both upper limbs, regularly drive a motor vehicle but cannot turn the steering wheel of a motor vehicle by hand even if that wheel is fitted with a turning knob; or
you have a permanent and substantial disability, which means you are unable to walk or have very considerable difficulty in walking. In this case you may be asked to answer a series of questions to help the local authority determine whether you are eligible for a badge. People with a psychological disorder will not normally qualify unless their impairment causes very considerable, and not intermittent, difficulty in walking.
Badges can be issued to a home or organisation that provides care for disabled people.

Children under the age of two years do not qualify for a badge because they would normally not be expected to be able to walk independently. Organisations caring for disabled people meeting one or more of the above criteria may be able to get a badge, but this is entirely at the local authorities’ discretion. If your child needs a blue badge, the application should be made in the name of the child.


So, the obvious thing to me is to suggest your daughter asks them to reconsider in view of the fact she will have the same problems in July as well and, if unsuccessful, apply again when she is 3.