1 in 20 people have a blue badge?

[Oodlesofnoodlez]

So I’ve just had to battle to get a family member a blue badge, they receive high rate of everything and immobile but still a complete battle.

so I’m thinking ‘ok it must be very very difficult to get therefore hardly any must be issued’…. Nope figures from 22-23 show almost 5% that’s 2.6 million people have a blue badge.

surely these figures cannot be correct?

will it be completely impossible to find disabled spaces now we’ve got the badge?

we are in the SE

@Boomer55

You had automatic entitlement. 🤷‍♀️

High rate PIP is not an automatic entitlement.

That is all you really needed to say!

In your opinion. In my opinion it needed saying just because someone appears ‘well’ with ‘no difficulties’ doesn’t mean they are well with no difficulties. Many don’t understand that. They don’t see the toll it takes.

I think this is about Cystic Fibrosis (CF) as opposed to chronic fatigue.

@iwentjasonwaterfalls if that's the case, sorry, I missed that. I know nothing about cystic fibrosis.

@BrightYellowTrain cfs and me are the same thing. Medical profession uses CFS. Patients often prefer ME.

Chronic Fatigue is not the same thing. Agreed. That's what I was saying, though the issue overall is not with individuals unless they are misusing the BB.

It's with councils. Either it's ridiculously hard to get one or seemingly too easy according to some PPS!

You have missed my point. CF stands for Cystic Fibrosis. It is not the same thing a chronic fatigue, CFS or ME.

@TigerRagIt does in some areas. They’re all different

Sorry @BrightYellowTrain yes, I have misunderstood you. Probably my brain fog. Sorry 😔

RTFT where various posters including me have pointed out this isn't the case

There's a blue badge in a skip rubbish removal lorry that's been parked in residents parking bay near me for days now - wondering how that works??

Automatic BB entitlement doesn't vary by area. It is set at government level. The criteria are different for Scotland and England (don't know about Wales/NI). The gov website shows the criteria and this cannot be changed by area. What they can do is also decide to give out BBs for people who do not have automatic entitlement, and that is where the massive variations come in.

Off the top of my head, I would deduce that a person who has a disability was in the lorry, could be the lorry driver themselves, because you know, some disabled people do actually work. Or was you meaning something else?

Because pip has nothing to do with work?

Nice bit of goady ablist nonsense going on here.

Do you really want to know how it works, or are you just being goady? I can assure you it isn’t a free for all and that nobody has been awarded PIP without ample evidence that they qualify. PIP isn’t means tested, nor should it be.

I think I have a full house on ableism bingo just from this thread.

Yes you can work, and still claim PIP@PeppyRoseUser . I have yet to meet a dog, that gets PIP!

A free for all? Have you got your application in then?

£798 is the highest you can claim on PIP... so that falls short of the grand you said. He might be on ESA/UC too.
He can still work. You are allowed to work when on benefits.

Our council car parks offer free parking in the designated spaces.
Our badge is only valid for three years, you have to reapply. Which is a good thing because here you're given one if you're on the waiting list for a new hip.

I've only recently had mine so no idea if it's valid outside the county, or Wales.

You do not get one if you need a new hip where I live. It has to be a permanent disability

But it is a permanent disability until it is replaced. They likely get it because they have ongoing difficulty walking, not because they are on a waiting list. That is why you have to renew it every 3 years. Because things can change in that time.

It is a temporary disability if you are waiting for a hip replacement.

It is not a temporary condition. It is not something that will heal on its own like a broken leg. It is a permanent condition unless surgery is performed.