Acsess to work assessment

Spoonie_Turtle

Sncjw said:

Spoonie_Turtle said:

I don't want to be That Person (because I know what's safe and comfortable is not the same as 'what we can manage if we really have to') but AtW are likely to want to find any solution other than the most expensive option of paying for taxis - so a couple of things to think about:

On the point of not understanding people, is pen and paper a solution that you could use to find out what's going on with travel disruptions?

Are there any transport apps that are updated in real-time for you to be able to see platform information as and when it changes?

(Rhetorical, not expecting you to reply here.)

This paragraph:
"Often the service is down and is stated on tbe website and I have a bus replacement but it stops no where near my home or the stop i would get off at the metro. Also changing from a bus to metro can prove difficult as often dont know which aide of fbe station to use as they sometimes switch tracks."
You'd need to explain to them what that has to do with deafness, as from just what you've written there those are inconveniences anyone would face.

The anxiety is harder to mitigate for but also harder to prove and get them to take seriously.  Realistically, people struggle to get AtW to fund transport even when it's indisputably clear they physically cannot access the public transport options available to them.


Your motability car is supposed to be used for you and your benefit only, if your husband is using it for his commute that's a grey area.  There may be an argument that it could work out cheaper to buy your own car then the money you gain from no longer sacrificing your whole mobility element of PIP could go towards paying for taxis yourself.  You'd have to do the maths, of course.  But AtW are bound to ask why you can't use your Motability car, getting you to and from work is exactly the kind of thing the scheme was designed for.

I didn't say he was using ir for his commute. I said he if dropped me off at work he would be late for his. 

He would have to travel home and then use pu lic transport for him to get to work. 

They do have an app but it doesn't always work and I don't have signal underground.  I can not hear a tannoy. 

The pen and paper things yes it may work but again I don't know what people's attitudes re like..

Edited my previous post in light of that, fair enough.

I know pen and paper may still not be ideal but I think for you to be able to tell them it doesn't work, you'll have needed to try it consistently and have evidence that it doesn't. 

I do sympathise, as you never know what kind of attituded you're going to get even from assistance staff let alone the public, and accessibility and equality mean being able to do things like nondisabled people do, i.e. without the constant mental burden and anxiety (which exists on a low level even for disabled people who don't generally have any anxiety otherwise).  But we're unfortunately nowhere near that as a society, and importantly for this topic you need to know how AtW will view things - which is almost certainly that if there's a solution that isn't perfect but works enough that you can still function well enough, they'll expect you to use that.

I think a lot will also depend on the level of anxiety.  You'll need to explain the impact it's having on you (especially if it's affecting your work or daily living) but I truly don't know the chances of you being successful.  If you haven't already read about other deaf people's experiences of applying for AtW transport funding, that could be helpful for calibrating your expectations.