i'm still waiting for one for mum. i just filled in a written form rather than doing anything online.
My wife can do very little for herself. But she can get in and out of our car with help and she is 'mobile', that's to say that, hooked into my arm, she can walk. She can walk unaided/unaccompanied, but never does so as she is liable to wander off, has no sense of direction and would not be able to ask for help. She also stumbles quite often.
She receives the lower rate mobility allowance as part of her disability allowance.
I have worked through the Directgov Eligibility check and it appears that she is unlikely to obtain a badge (presumably because of her 'mobility').
Being able to park in places where there is adequate room to get her in and out without damaging other cars or ourselves would be very useful. People who should know, who have worked with people with dementia, are surprised that she is apparently ineligible.
Discuss. If you care to, of course.
Just started on this and was immediately directed by the council site to the directgov check your eligibility guide, answered the questions as before and got the same negative response but then couldn't bypass directgov to actually get to the council site.
Obviously I can phone the council but I wondered if anyone else had a similar problem?
Hi
The badge is for the person with the disability, not for a vehicle. It makes perfect sense for someone whoe doesn't have a car to have a blue badge. The badge is to be used in any vehicle where the main purpose of the journey is for the badge holder. Badge holder must be present - you can't use it going shoppingfor the holder if they aren't present, for instance.
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