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You have a car so you can access the community

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JenniferBooth · 16/08/2026 18:29

"you have a car so you can access the community"

This is what a disabled pensioner friend of mine was told when he was visited by Adult Social Care He was asking about the possibility of storage for a mobility scooter and to have his shower turned into a walk in one. "we havent got the money" he was told
He did point out that Dunelm Tesco etc might take a dim view of him driving his car through their windows and down the aisles.
Essex County Council now run by Reform "we need to look after our own"

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JenniferBooth · 16/08/2026 19:25

ALovelyPinkUnicorn · 16/08/2026 19:23

He said wanted them to pay for a hut to be built for his scooter and the installation of an external electric point?

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No he wanted permission to get it installed He would be paying for it He still got told no...........by the HA as well

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ALovelyPinkUnicorn · 16/08/2026 19:23

JenniferBooth · 16/08/2026 19:16

he asked his HA about a storage and charging point for a scooter instead of buying one first. Which is what i seem to remember posters on this site saying SH tenants should do before purchasing one. Obvs he wasnt going to buy one first and risk being told no. It was the HA who sent him to Adult Social Care

He said wanted them to pay for a hut to be built for his scooter and the installation of an external electric point?

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JenniferBooth · 16/08/2026 19:20

JustAnotherWhinger · 16/08/2026 19:16

In threads about school transport you’ll always find a number of posters who think a mobility car means parents of children with SEN should take them to school regardless of distance of the school and other children or work.

And locally hospital transport absolutely won’t do pick ups for children if the family has access to a car (again regardless of other commitments).

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which is vile but do the council say it to the parents in the same way that its said to an elderly person

Has a council ever said "the family has a car so they can access the community"

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JustAnotherWhinger · 16/08/2026 19:16

JenniferBooth · 16/08/2026 19:12

Wonder how well "the parents have a car so the family can access the community" would go down if told to the family with a SEN child

In threads about school transport you’ll always find a number of posters who think a mobility car means parents of children with SEN should take them to school regardless of distance of the school and other children or work.

And locally hospital transport absolutely won’t do pick ups for children if the family has access to a car (again regardless of other commitments).

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JenniferBooth · 16/08/2026 19:16

he asked his HA about a storage and charging point for a scooter instead of buying one first. Which is what i seem to remember posters on this site saying SH tenants should do before purchasing one. Obvs he wasnt going to buy one first and risk being told no. It was the HA who sent him to Adult Social Care

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JenniferBooth · 16/08/2026 19:12

Wonder how well "the parents have a car so the family can access the community" would go down if told to the family with a SEN child

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JenniferBooth · 16/08/2026 19:10

can you please tell me where i said he expected funding for a mobility scooter

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custardbonbon · 16/08/2026 18:54

Yep. Adult social care don’t fund mobility scooters, storage or showers so good luck with that one. If they have a car they’re either driving it themselves and can access community or someone is taking them. If it’s the latter and the person taking them declines to continue then maybe there’s an eligible need there, depending why they can’t do it themselves.

user1471538275 · 16/08/2026 18:47

Well they're right. They haven't got the money.

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