Disabled Parking Assessment

uponahill

bored_at_home wrote: »

if you took the time and had the energy to check 46 windscreens for blue badges then you could have used the energy to park in a normal space.
what do you gain from counting cars etc? vigilantism is extremely sad. leave the parking wardens to their job.
i have a blue badge which i only use when i feel i need it. some days i park in a normal spot because i dont need it. i probably look totally normal on leaving the car on arrival at the shops even on days where i have used my badge.. i dont give a rats !!! what anyone assumes from that. the spaces are not their private property and are not "theirs" as some would try and lead folks to believe.

I had nothing else to do and clearly saw abuse going on under my nose so I investigated.

No one seems to care who parks where in a supermarket car park!

If you look totally normal on leaving the car and again by the time you reach the shops, how on earth do you manage that if you cannot or virtually cannot walk?

In my case it is pretty obvious that any amount of walking is bloody painful. I do walk with and through the pain as to give in would leave me feeling rejected by society.

To see someone that can reach/stretch into the back of a big 4x4 to get numerous shopping bags out (which I presumed she was going to fill) plus put a huge haversack on her back does not strike me as someone that is not able to park the car elsewhere.

mazza111

Well if you had seen me get out of the car this morning in a disabled space you would be right in thinking that there was nothing wrong with me, I stopped at the entrance as it was raining, unpacked the wheelchair for mother, got her seated and brakes on, while I parked the car in a disabled space.

Now while strictly speaking my mother should have been in the car when I parked, it was better for her to be under cover rather than me trying to unfold a wheelchair and get her transferred into it in the peeing rain.

But then think again, just because i choose to do the shopping in the morning when I have the energy and painkillers, does that mean I shouldn't use the disabled spaces?

At the end of the day uponahill, people don't get issued them for nothing. Whilst I agree that there is a lot of abuse goes on with them, any disabled person who has a BB is entitled to park in them.

I find it more infuriating when you see them taking the space and aren't displaying a BB. 5 out of 7 spaces at my local HB store the other day weren't displaying BB. Why did I check? Cos I had to walk past them all with my dear mother in her wheelchair. Not easy given my knees and mother's chair.

emmell

I didn't have to go to the council for a BB, it was delivered through the post?
ML.

formaldehyde_perfume

emmell wrote: »

I didn't have to go to the council for a BB, it was delivered through the post?
ML.

It depends on your specific council as to the procedure you go through to get a blue badge. Most councils have started implementing an interview system for new BB holders, I believe they are all working towards this being the standard for both renewals and new applicants in future but are currently at varying stages of the process.

dori2o

uponahill wrote: »

I had nothing else to do and clearly saw abuse going on under my nose so I investigated.

No one seems to care who parks where in a supermarket car park!

If you look totally normal on leaving the car and again by the time you reach the shops, how on earth do you manage that if you cannot or virtually cannot walk?

In my case it is pretty obvious that any amount of walking is bloody painful. I do walk with and through the pain as to give in would leave me feeling rejected by society.

To see someone that can reach/stretch into the back of a big 4x4 to get numerous shopping bags out (which I presumed she was going to fill) plus put a huge haversack on her back does not strike me as someone that is not able to park the car elsewhere.

Because ignoramus this is not the only criteria.

LimeLight

emmell wrote: »

I didn't have to go to the council for a BB, it was delivered through the post?
ML.

If you are on HRM the you won't need to have the assessment, but as i'm not on HRM i had to go for the assessment.

If i actually claimed DLA for my physical health i'd get it.

Parva

formaldehyde_perfume wrote: »

It depends on your specific council as to the procedure you go through to get a blue badge. Most councils have started implementing an interview system for new BB holders, I believe they are all working towards this being the standard for both renewals and new applicants in future but are currently at varying stages of the process.

This is the case at Leeds City Council. Despite having my whole right leg amputated and citing this on the form I had to go to an interview and demonstrate how I managed on crutches. It was only when she saw me struggling that she turned us around and sat me back down. She said I would hear the result within a fortnight. I got an email from them on that same afternoon saying it was granted and it came through the post two days later.

I guess I thought that being unable to walk at all would instantly qualify me. It seems not. :think:

emmell

LimeLight wrote: »

If you are on HRM the you won't need to have the assessment, but as i'm not on HRM i had to go for the assessment.

If i actually claimed DLA for my physical health i'd get it.

Wasn't in receipt of any benefits when I applied. I just included the xray report from the Hospital and they wrote to my Dr for some history.
I do actually get DLA now for 12 months from the date I applied but I got the BB first.
ML.

Richie-from-the-Boro

emmell wrote: »

Wasn't in receipt of any benefits when I applied. I just included the xray report from the Hospital and they wrote to my Dr for some history.
I do actually get DLA now for 12 months from the date I applied but I got the BB first.
ML.

NOTE: generally a BB is issued for a 3 year [maximum] period, anything less assumes you have a temporary disability and will recover before the BB validity ends. You may need to keep an eye on the end date & reapply emmell.

- the new BB service went live on 1 January 2012
- the high rate mobility element of DLA will usually get you a BB without further assessment
- here's the DfT's advice to local authority officers involved with Blue Badges
- Independent Mobility Assessments [IMA's] are now standard for all but HRMDLA, and others
- IMA's usually conduct an observational [not medical] mobility assessment.


Others

People who are registered blind or severely sight impaired

People who receive War Pensioners' Mobility Supplement

People who been awarded a benefit under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and have been assessed and certified by the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency as having a permanent and substantial disability which causes inability to walk or very considerable difficulty in walking

People with a severe disability in both arms who regularly drive a vehicle but cannot operate or have considerable difficulty in operating all or some types of parking meter

People who are over the age of 80 and have had a Blue Badge before & People who are over the age of 90.

- and then there are others who are Eligible with further assessment, such as those who have a child / children under 3 years of age who, because of a specific medical condition, need to travel with bulky medical equipment or need to be close to a vehicle for emergency medical treatment.

LimeLight

emmell wrote: »

Wasn't in receipt of any benefits when I applied. I just included the xray report from the Hospital and they wrote to my Dr for some history.
I do actually get DLA now for 12 months from the date I applied but I got the BB first.
ML.

The doctors have nothing to do with the process now, just the council contracted physiotherapists.