Valleygirl I have replayed to driving threads on T.P since March 2005 , obviously there are several types of dementia and its effects are different in majority of people with a diagnoses , I myself was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 1999 No mention on DVLA at that time after a couple of years my Consultant moved abroad in 2001 I was assigned to a younger Consultant he told me I had to inform DVLA I did and was given a driving licence for a 12 month period I continued to argue with my Consultant re: my diagnoses in 2003 he sent my to a hospital can't say name but it was out of the County to have a PET brain scan that's a radioactive medical scan that showed blood flow through parts of brain or in my case part where it should have been but wasn't they called in loss of volume on the frontal lobes of the brain FTD the scan was repeated in 2004 so I was now stuck with the diagnoses of frontal-temporal-dementia , I continued a long battle with DVLA for 12 years trying to get my full driving licence reinstated but the system treats all dementia suffers the same and would only grant the 12 month driving licence, finally after 12 years I decided to take the DVLA to court and challenge there decision I gathered loads of evidence regards my ability to drive and hold a full driving licence , this included me taking a driven test and filming myself drive in UK and in Spain through the city traffic and on motorways , the DVLA solicitors looked at all my evidence and decided it was in their best interest to Grant me a FULL driving licence and No more Medical Enquiries so now after being diagnosed 16 years ago with dementia I now have a full licence and yes driving around Majorca
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Cheers Tony