To apply for a blue badge for ds9

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Is he even eligible??
He is diagnosed autistic and having his adhd assessment next month. He can walk fine. No mobility issues. The problem is his ability to remain focused, he has nearly got run over a couple of times because he forgets to look before crossing the road, we have to be his eyes, no matter how many times we have taught him to stop look and listen it just doesn't sink in!!
He runs around, Randomly falls over because he's tripped up something when running around, I've had to grab him so many times or shout STOP, he's just basically in his own little world and I just know one day I'm going to slip, be distracted by the two babies and somethings going to happen to him in the road. I think he should be able to have a blue badge, anything to keep him away from the cars basically. He gets dla but low rate mobility, does that mean he isn't eligible?
Aibu to just apply ?

Yes I've got one in those circumstances but it wasn't easy. I was refused for several years despite appealing. I got refused last year and with the support of a GP letter got one but only for a year.

Thankfully this year I've been given the full 3 years renewal

@Redglitter I am sorry you found it hard. My DP can walk a bit about the house so does not get PIP, but has an NHS provided wheelchair for outside the house. We got a blue badge easily. But we did have support letters from relevant medics.

Being able to walk around inside doesn’t preclude being eligible for PIP. The moving around activity considers walking on pavements and navigating kerbs etc. Did DH appeal?

Hi Op we just recently applied for Blue badge and got it for similar reasons your DS has my DS is autistic and we wanted it as he's danger awareness of busy roads or car parks isn't there.

We applied thinking we may not get it after sending off his paper work confirming his diagnosis and PIP payments we were given the blue badge to use and it's been a great relief being able to use it and park in spaces now that are safer for my DS.

I don't know if it depends on council but where I am. it's only automatic if the mobility points are at lease 8 in the moving around descriptors. My friends autistic daughter was refused a badge and lost her appeal too even though she gets high rate mobility because her points were not in the moving around section. Shes been hit by a car in the car park after running off and it still didn't make a difference to the councils decision.

I don't know. Whilst it's great on one level that the criteria has expanded, it still feels incredibly difficult to get a blue badge for mobility issues.

Looking at the criteria I'm not bothering applying for my 5yo - she doesn't meet it, though it would make lube much easier at times. She has an illness which causes fatigue. Sometimes she's fine, sometimes she's in a pushchair. Sometimes she's runs around the park. Sometimes she's carried even a few metres because of exhaustion. Sometimes one of us gets the car to meet her so she doesn't have to walk far. Thankfully we just use parent spaces a lot and will use them for as long as we can get away with.

My mum uses a stick and can't go far, but can exceed the 50m set out in the criteria. She'd do that walking from a blue badge space to the entrance in many car parks, or it would mean the person would not be able to go around at all inside, so it must be incredibly difficult for someone who isn't in a wheelchair to ever qualify under the mobility criteria.

It seems a bit illogical to me that a child, whose hand can be tightly held to ensure safety must be and to get a blue badge but yet my mum cannot. Of course it should be available for autistic kids who need it etc, but right now it feels like the balance is a bit off.

I was advised to apply for one when I spoke to someone at the DWP. My ASC diagnosed 6 year old is very similar. I still hold her hand when out otherwise she'd run across roads with no thought to her safety. I still don't know why I haven't applied for a badge yet.

It doesn't go off diagnosis it goes off need
So i don't doubt there are many children with autism who don't meet the criteria
And it's pointless comparing two different disabilities.

I also agree. And I have a severely autistic son.
I think parent and child spaces are fair game though.

@Boxachocs or to have enough space to get out the car. Even if you can walk to get to a wheelchair, you might need the car door wide open to be able to get out.

i realise this sounds offensive, don’t take it that way, but virtually every child is being diagnosed with autism nowadays

You can fuck right off with this ableist shit.

It sounds offensive because it is.

How can any mother of a sen child not find that offensive? You haven't a clue of all of the other things ds struggles with.
The reason lots of children are being diagnosed now is because of increased awareness. I am also autistic. When I was younger (I'm in my thirties now) it wasn't even considered, I really struggled aswell. But luckily for me I didn't also have adhd on top of that.
What an ignorant comment.

My son is an adult and gets enhanced rate pip for both daily living and mobility but doesn’t qualify for a Blue badge automatically. I applied via the discretionary route. I sent his prescription, a copy of a report from a LD nurse, a copy of his EHCP and anything else I could find.

Ha ha yes it is offensive. Not every child with autism has these issues. My son is an adult but runs in the road, he isn’t even aware that cars could hit him or what could happen if he did. He would walk off a cliff, he literally has no awareness of danger at all. You would do well to do a bit if reading so next time you don’t feel the need to make such a ridiculous comment. They don’t just hand out blue badges to anyone with a diagnosis. There needs to be a valid reason , with evidence, for needing one to keep your child safe and alive!

My friends eldest son (12) is autistic, has Tourette’s and is partially sighted.

She applied for a BB for similar reasons and was refused.

Doesn’t hurt to try though.

What local authority are you? Every council I have had dealings with it’s an automatic eligibility if you get get mobility enhanced

What rate of DLA do they get?

My son gets enhanced pip for both.
He has no need for a blue badge so we haven't applied. I hope he wouldn't just be handed one out if we did.

I am autistic myself and I have noticed that virtually every child with difficult behaviour which is normal for children is being diagnosed with autism

Parked in a P&C space with my little boy using his blue badge and been told I should use a blue badge space. Parked in a BB space and been told we should be in a P&C space even with his badge. He is 4, a full time wheelchair user and I drive a WAV, he is also registered blind. He has as much right to a BB space as any other holder of a badge.

You are entitled to use a blue badge or parent and child space.

of course he would ….it’s the eligibility criteria…he meets it….so is entitled to one….but if you don’t want it fine

Yeah it's a massive spectrum, many kids with autism won't qualify ,because it goes off needs not diagnosis not sure what your point is tbh .

If he met the criteria he would be Awarded one but if you want to be a martyr fair enough .