DLA extras - swallow my pride

only_mee

longtomboy wrote: »

Can anybody then just buy one? They don't need to have any disability?

yes and no

SandraScarlett

longtomboy wrote: »

I'm not being funny, but why would anybody other than those with bowel problems need a Radar key? What on earth has a mental health condition got to do with it? There must be some sort of criteria that you have to pass before you can get one. I would have thought that there would be some sort of test or examination involved like there is for a blue badge - which brings me to a question I have which I will post.

My husband, aged 75, has Alzheimer's Disease. When we are out, if he has a need to visit the lavatory, I have to accompany him. The last time I let him go into the Gents on his own, he was brought out to me crying, and the gentleman who was kind enough to bring him out couldn't understand him.


My husband had forgotten what he had to do (unzip etc) and had wet himself and was so ashamed. I'm surprised that somebody of your age - you stated that you had a granddaughter - has no idea why somebody with mental health problems might need a disabled loo, and didn't consider that they might need to be accompanied.


When you take your 3 year old granddaughter into the ladies, I doubt that she requires the space inside a normal cubicle that my husband and I both need.


I also find it odd that you feel that you, a grown man, has a perfect right to go into the ladies toilet, whether you have a female child with you or not. Why not take her with you into a cubicle in the gents? Surely you don't leave her outside on her own whilst you're using the facilities?


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925dancer

Also on the mental health side of things, if someone has an anxiety/panic attack a disabled loo could be a quiet, solitary haven for them to compose themselves well enough to get themselves back home again.

Disabled loos can have a multitude of uses!

SandraScarlett

I have this uncomfortable feeling, that you-know-who is back.


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cattie

Why would you want a blue badge when you don't have a car??? I don't drive & would qualify for a blue badge with my disabilities, but it seems pointless applying as it would be used so little with me not being a driver.

Also I hear stories of people in genuine need with severe mobility issues being turned down as councils tighten up on awarding them & I'd hate to be the cause of somebody in much more of a dire need than me being turned down because the council decides that the numbers of new blue badges issued must be cut back.

I'm all for claiming what you're entitled to, but not just for the sake of it, or just because you can.

925dancer

SandraScarlett wrote: »

I have this uncomfortable feeling, that you-know-who is back.


xx

Yep, I think so. I went for a little look and Indie thinks so too.

They tried to disguise themselves but within a few posts fell back into old habits!

Indie_Kid

cattie wrote: »

Why would you want a blue badge when you don't have a car??? I don't drive & would qualify for a blue badge with my disabilities, but it seems pointless applying as it would be used so little with me not being a driver.

Because if someone takes them out in their own car, they'd still need the disabled bay? Many blue badge holders can't drive; but still need the space / need to be close to the entrance of a shop when they get out.

SandraScarlett

925dancer wrote: »

Yep, I think so. I went for a little look and Indie thinks so too.

They tried to disguise themselves but within a few posts fell back into old habits!

Especially the post about knowing someone who'd accumulated over £120K, by not spending their State Pension for yonks.


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only_mee

longtomboy wrote: »

Can anybody then just buy one?

YES

longtomboy wrote: »

They don't need to have any disability?

NO

So both really

HB58

The OP states that they get HRM DLA, so obviously has severe mobility problems, whatever the reason.