UC ~ do I qualify for a blue badge?

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I've never been in receipt of any disability benefit or anything so know nothing about this, please help if you can.

I have had Ulcerative Colitus for several years. The older I get the worse the flare ups are. It has got to the stage where I sometimes have to sit in my car in pain because I don't think I can get to the loos in time. I have had accidents more than once and had to buy new clothes when I have been out etc.

Does anyone know if I would qualify for a blue badges I could park nearer to the entrances of places with toilets?

Is there any other help available? It has got to I have a RADAR key.

Thank you

I have a BB and never had any benefits so from that side it's possible.

It might come under the new 'hidden disabilities' BB scheme.

You won't know unless you try so I would apply and see.

Thank you, I will!

It does qualify under the new 'hidden disabilities' criteria, BUT different county councils can set their own criteria (this makes me very cross!)

My DS2 is a young adult with autism, hypotonia (wears leg braces) and yet when we switched to PIP he could no longer have a blue badge.
He now also has ulcerative colitis, and like you, the need to..park fast get to a loo (accompanied in his case) is urgent.

Our county council has a LONG form and you have to have it filled in by a consultant before they will consider it. I'm taking it with me to DS2's next appointment (for UC) and asking them to sign it.

It's definitely a qualifying disability so go for it!

It does qualify under the new 'hidden disabilities' criteria, BUT different county councils can set their own criteria (this makes me very cross!)

Does crossing the county line mean you no longer have certain disabilities

Thank you and good luck with yours

Agree that it technically comes under hidden disabilities but that doesn't mean you'll get it. I've got Crohn's and when it was first announced loads of people on IBD groups were saying they were going to apply. Most were refused. I'm assuming you need something alongside your IBD to quality. There's a significant link to rhumatoid arthritis with IBD and joint problems so people may qualify that way. There's nothing stopping you from applying

MrsPellegrinoPetrichor Apparently so :/
I checked ..out of interest...where my Mum lives, my son would now qualify on the grounds he has higher rate mobility for needing someone with him out and about (can't plan a journey or go anywhere unfamiliar by himself..never will be able to) even without his physical difficulties or UC.
Where I live... nope. I do think the new guidelines should have been standardised, instead it's a postcode lottery.

I’m in Lambeth. I clicked through the gov site and it says I “may” qualify. I need to get written stuff from my FH, so I’ll get onto that.

FH? That should say GP!