crippling back digging the garden and doing Zumba

daska

wattdallas wrote: »

Well you and me must be talking to two different DWP then.:)

Really? You don't say! We might not have noticed if you hadn't pointed it out :rotfl:

Here's the government's 'The Blue Badge Scheme Local Authority Guidance (England)'. If you turn to page 16 you'll find the sentence "Their degree of impairment should be at a comparable level to that required to claim the
Higher Rate Mobility Component of the Disability Living Allowance i.e:..." and then goes on to list the DLA criteria

jetta_wales

When did blue badges come into it?

daska

jetta_wales wrote: »

When did blue badges come into it?

Blue badge eligibility, if you're not in receipt of DLA HRM, can be awarded on walking ability which is based on the same criteria as DLA HRM. This guidance lists the criteria. (yes I know it's not the actual DLA document but I'm up to my ears trying to sort out mum coming out of hospital and this was the closest link I could find without wasting any more valuable time.)

shegirl

If you have mobility needs

To get the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance, your disability must be severe enough for you to have any of the following walking difficulties, even when wearing or using an aid or equipment you normally use:

• because of a physical disability, you are unable or virtually unable to walk without severe discomfort, or at risk of endangering your life or causing deterioration in your health by making the effort to walk
• you have no feet or legs
• you are assessed to be both 100 per cent disabled because of loss of eyesight and not less than 80 per cent disabled because of deafness and you need someone with you when you are out of doors
• you are severely mentally impaired with severe behavioural problems and qualify for the highest rate of care component
• you need guidance or supervision most of the time from another person when walking out of doors in unfamiliar places

There are two rates of the mobility component depending on how your disability affects you:
Lower rate
If you need guidance or supervision out of doors.
Higher rate
If you have any of the other, more severe, walking difficulties.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/FinancialSupport/DisabilityLivingAllowance/DG_10011816

You do not have to be unable to walk...

wattdallas

zaksmum wrote: »

No, it's correct that you must be unable or virtually unable to walk, and that any walking which causes SEVERE DISCOMFORT must be disregarded.

I understand that Im talking about digging the garden etc i doubt very much that when persons do apply for HRM they write down on their claim form i can dig my garden and do zumba classes.:)

jetta_wales

The sight loss rules in that criteria have changed now but I know it!s not relevant to the
OP situation.

wattdallas

jetta_wales wrote: »

The sight loss rules in that criteria have changed now but I know it!s not relevant to the
OP situation.

Im glad they have jetta:T

jetta_wales

wattdallas wrote: »

Im glad they have jetta:T

Oh me too

starchild1972

wattdallas wrote: »

I understand that Im talking about digging the garden etc i doubt very much that when persons do apply for HRM they write down on their claim form i can dig my garden and do zumba classes.:)

When I put down that I would like help because of I enjoy being in the garden (this was when I did my first form years ago) I was told "You can sit down and garden or instruct a friend or neighbour to do it for you".
If I had relied on relatives to shop for me I would have starved as DH knows sod all about cooking and shopping and I have no family (sniff...sniff).

To top it all, I can't chop me veggies at the moment because my food processor just exploded.:mad:
I don't mind my kids helping to cook but I'm not letting my 13 yr old near a Japanese kitchen knife (a gift, too scared to use it. Last time I chopped a veggie with a knife I cut myself badly, this thing would take my hand off).

wattdallas

starchild1972 wrote: »

When I put down that I would like help because of I enjoy being in the garden (this was when I did my first form years ago) I was told "You can sit down and garden or instruct a friend or neighbour to do it for you".
If I had relied on relatives to shop for me I would have starved as DH knows sod all about cooking and shopping and I have no family (sniff...sniff).

To top it all, I can't chop me veggies at the moment because my food processor just exploded.:mad:
I don't mind my kids helping to cook but I'm not letting my 13 yr old near a Japanese kitchen knife (a gift, too scared to use it. Last time I chopped a veggie with a knife I cut myself badly, this thing would take my hand off).

Well she must be geniune then