Just because you're old DOESNT entitle you to park in a Disabled space...

[Brewbees]

I'm seething at this, have been noticing it the last month or so. It's the same at supermarkets, doctors, hospital, dentist. I see old(er) people with no chair, frame, stick get out of their car and walk at full speed into said place. Meanwhile there are disabled people, including old(er) disabled people, who cannot get a spot to park and are left hanging on for someone to leave.

NOTE: I'm not being ageist - old(er) disabled people should be parking in disabled bays, just not able-bodied.

AIBU to think non-disabled, including old(er) people have no right parking in these bays and therefore making life more difficult for people who genuinely need these spaces?

if someone has a blue badge then they have obviously been deemed in need of it it isnt up to anyone else to judge wether they are '/disabled enough'. And as an aside whilst it may not be necessary to receive DLA/'PIP to get a blue badge ,depending on your disabillity it can be bloody hard ,ds2 is severly autistic and has learning disabillities a blue badge would make life a lot easier as he has no awareness of danger but he he gets low rate mobility and when we applied for him we were turned down

That's a very good point RavingRoo. My DP has good and bad days, bay days render them bedbound. I should have also thought of that in my OP. My bad.

Oops it was @londonrach who made that comment!

@GoldilocksAndTheThreePears You can make a request to your council to supply a blue badge free, in exceptional circumstances, which I'd imagine your awards (and any drs/hospital evidence) would show. I'm sincerely sorry for the shit you're going through with arthritis, it's my latest diagnosis.

Yabu, if they qualify for a blue badge they can park there. Dm has one but you wouldn't know her limitations from watching her getting out of the car.

@Ellendegeneres Support for PIP can get gained from your GP, and from any hospital doctors you've seen (ring switchboard and ask to speak to the names drs secretary). I didn't use the convoluted form they provide, and used my own word document instead (more space and due to pain in my hands cannot hold a pen/write for toffee).

I'd highly, highly recommend the Benefits & Work website (www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/) - the subscription fee to gain access to all their guides is worth it - the guides are excellent.

Thanks brew
I've got a basic letter from my physio, but my gp will be more helpful, of that I am sure.

"The worst story I heard was about a guy who claims HRM but still does a job for which he uses a van(self employed)."

PIP is not an out of work benefit.

"His wife uses his BMW Motability Vehicle for her own personal use and uses it for work everyday."

She is allowed to use it as long as she is not depriving him of using it.

The worst story I heard was about a guy who claims HRM but still does a job for which he uses a van(self employed).

Your point is what exactly?

PIP isn't an out of work benefit.

People who have mobility issues can drive.

Maybe the point is that disabled people should hide indoors and not work?

Jfc.

You don't need pip or any other disability benefit to get a BB.
Apply online to your County Council.

You don't need to be a driver or have a car yourself to have a BB. As long as you have your badge with you and display it in whichever car you're being given a lift in.

Blue badges will cost you £10 for three years and have to be renewed at the end of that time.

My council charges £10 a year so it just doesn't seem worth if for the 6 or so times a year I leave the house. £10 for 3 years sounds far more worth doing

Why are people slating the OP?

I thought she was talking about CF with nothing blue badges abusing disabled spaces?

*no blue badges (damn autocorrect)

When I got my BB I cried. To me it was being told I'm ill all over again, I am one of those fit looking 40 year olds who sprints to the shop. I also have an invisible Illness, I fight hard for it not to show, it's bad enough I have it but I don't want the world to see me any differently to how I saw myself before diagnosis. I've had people tap in my window while parking my car to tell me I'm in a disabled space, had an old woman screaming at me in the street for using "her" space and then I've had the old people who sidle up to have a look to see if I have a badge in the window.

Apparently if you have a blue badge you must also be a benefits cheat (I work and don't claim benefits) should drive a sensible car (mine is certainly not practical) and look like your dying (I take pride in my appearance despite feeling like shit).

Ill health is the indiscriminate it doesn't care how old you are, how fit you are or what you look like. I refuse to fit the stereotype of a blue badge holder!

Exactly crazycatgal.

Sorry you've experienced such appalling behaviour Tara.