Disability parking badge

poppy12345

skcollobcat10 wrote: »

I think they have got stricter because of blue badge abuse in certain cases.

Supermarket disabled spaces are a pain because some older folk think they should have a badge just because they are elderly. I feel if they can push a trolley around a supermarket the size of a couple of football pitches then I would query blue badge use. Same with parent/child spaces, I thought were for babies, now you see parents with teenagers getting out.

Totally agree. Where i live people abuse the disabled bays terrible. I see many people parking in these bays without a blue badge. Makes me so angry especially when i have a blue badge and can't get a space because someone without one is taking up that vital space.

GlasweJen

skcollobcat10 wrote: »

I think they have got stricter because of blue badge abuse in certain cases.

Supermarket disabled spaces are a pain because some older folk think they should have a badge just because they are elderly. I feel if they can push a trolley around a supermarket the size of a couple of football pitches then I would query blue badge use. Same with parent/child spaces, I thought were for babies, now you see parents with teenagers getting out.

I can do that no problem, supermarkets have trolleys for wheelchair users now. I'd challenge anyone who thinks I'm abusing my badge to spend a day with their legs bound in a way that makes them impossible to move and in a wheelchair, it isn't as easy as it looks even if I am only 31.

And blind people get badges, I'm sure most blind people would kill to just have creaky knees and a bit of a limp if it meant they could actually shop independently, even if they did have to park at the back of the car park. I work with visually impaired people, none of them want the wider space at the front of the shop but as long as muppets insist on driving around car parks like they're Lewis Hamilton then it's a case of "needs must".

Hoogle

If you phone up your local library you should be able to book an appointment with an " IT Buddy" they usually fill out the applications with you on a direct site which give them more options, also allows your documents to be checked by them to make it quicker. Of course this probably depends on local authorities but I volunteer at my local library and this is my job on fridays. takes about 30 mins, if you have the meds he needs write them down, along with any consultant/specialist/physio appointments he has had for last 6 years.

To be fair out of probably 200 applications I have done on behalf of people all of them have got the badge.

poppy12345

Hoogle wrote: »

If you phone up your local library you should be able to book an appointment with an " IT Buddy" they usually fill out the applications with you on a direct site which give them more options, also allows your documents to be checked by them to make it quicker. Of course this probably depends on local authorities but I volunteer at my local library and this is my job on fridays. takes about 30 mins, if you have the meds he needs write them down, along with any consultant/specialist/physio appointments he has had for last 6 years.

To be fair out of probably 200 applications I have done on behalf of people all of them have got the badge.

The link that was posted is a link for a direct site for the OP local council. The criteria is "virtually unable to walk" ......

w06

Hoogle wrote: »

If you phone up your local library you should be able to book an appointment with an " IT Buddy" they usually fill out the applications with you on a direct site which give them more options, also allows your documents to be checked by them to make it quicker. Of course this probably depends on local authorities but I volunteer at my local library and this is my job on fridays. takes about 30 mins, if you have the meds he needs write them down, along with any consultant/specialist/physio appointments he has had for last 6 years.

To be fair out of probably 200 applications I have done on behalf of people all of them have got the badge.

None of the information (medications and appointments) should be in the slightest relevant, it's about the level of disability. The same application process is available to anyone who can get online

TGH

GlasweJen wrote: »

I've seen a device that you clip into the door latch to help stabilise to get up

I've got one of these devices and they really are very good. It's been a great help for me on my more "wobbly" days.

sangie595

skcollobcat10 wrote: »

I think they have got stricter because of blue badge abuse in certain cases.

Supermarket disabled spaces are a pain because some older folk think they should have a badge just because they are elderly. I feel if they can push a trolley around a supermarket the size of a couple of football pitches then I would query blue badge use. Same with parent/child spaces, I thought were for babies, now you see parents with teenagers getting out.

If I must, I can "push a trolley around a supermarket the size of football pitches". That is because the only way I can walk more than 10 feet is to have support to stop my spinal nerve damage from shutting down my legs. You have never heard of rollators? They are aids for people with disabilities who can't stand or walk without the additional support of a substantial four wheeled contraption. Like a supermarket trolley, in fact.

If you don't know what you are talking about, please don't post such offensive rubbish. You don't decide who should and should not get a blue badge. Thank God. It is hard enough to get a blue badge without people like you deciding that in your opinion we don't deserve it.