Filling in blue badge form for anxiety question help

[granadagirl]

Hi
As mentioned I’m filling in my form on council website
The question are not really clear (to me) what there asking
Anyone able to help
So
What measures are currently taken to try to improve journeys for you between a vehicle and your destination
Enter description of measures taken to try to improve journeys ?
I’m not asking what to put, just what exactly they mean by it
Thanks

1. If you can see Autism why does it take so long to diagnose?😡
2. It’s entirely possible that someone without a mobility aid may need more space.
3. If someone asks for help try to be kind rather than a nasty judgement sort that doesn’t know what the fuck they’re talking about.

My DGM is 95. She's not entitled to a blue badge.

I don't understand all this eligibility stuff.

@Gilead

1. If you can see Autism why does it take so long to diagnose?😡

1. It’s entirely possible that someone without a mobility aid may need more space.
2. If someone asks for help try to be kind rather than a nasty judgement sort that doesn’t know what the fuck they’re talking about.

How do you mean @Gilead ?

I have autism. All three of my children have autism. No amount of wrangling autistic children in and out of cars while they panic has ever had the space requirement that a wheelchair and hoist have, as it turns out.

Why are we not allowed a 360 degree discussion of the subject?

What a bunch of discriminatory, judgemental ignorant fuckers people there are on this thread.
Whether or not those people agree that anxiety can be sufficiently debilitating to cause someone to need a blue badge, the sheer fact that 'supposedly able-bodied' people can indeed have a condition that means they need a BB seemed to have passed them by. (And thank God they are not in the position of making official judgements.)
My dc2 looks perfectly capable and their body functions perfectly well - but they have severely impaired vision and are in fact registered blind. Do they not deserve a blue badge? For those saying no, would you like to swap?
OP, go ahead and apply, but do ask for advice elsewhere - maybe from your GP?

Autism is a huge spectrum though Arietty my son has autism and also severe learning disabilities ,he's non verbal zero awareness of danger etc ,he can just refuse to walk or get so distressed it's impossible to get him out of the car in a normal space ,not everyone with autism will get a blue badge but it's how it impacts a person ,he got his blue badge automatically anyway so it was,by under the new rules .

This thread is turning into disabled Top Trumps and it’s horrible. This is why people with hidden disabilities don’t apply for badges.

When I applied for my blue badge I answered by saying how I currently accessed places /compared to how I would be able to do so with a blue badge. Mine is mobility issues though.
They need to know how this would improve your quality of life, how it would enable you to access services, how it would be safer for you.
Each area seems to interpret the rules differently and assess differently I was turned down for mine the first time moved house gp encouraged me to reapply in new area got it very easily after an assessment. Find out how they interpret things locally. If you're waiting for a pip assessment/or any other assessment may be worth holding off till you get paperwork any proof is advantageous.

@x2boys

Autism is a huge spectrum though Arietty my son has autism and also severe learning disabilities ,he's non verbal zero awareness of danger etc ,he can just refuse to walk or get so distressed it's impossible to get him out of the car in a normal space ,not everyone with autism will get a blue badge but it's how it impacts a person ,he got his blue badge automatically anyway so it was,by under the new rules .

Yes, I know @x2boys

One of mine meets that description, and receives lower rate mobility DLA and could apply for a blue badge (and might yet). I’ve spent many cheerful hours, when I could walk, carrying, wrestling, soothing a panicking autistic child. No argument there at all.

I’m purely talking about (what I think is) the obvious & desperate need for a two category scheme, to make the best use of space. So that we get enough disabled spaces.

Where there is currently a bank of six disabled spaces surrounded by broad bands of yellow cross hatching, you could easily fit in three cross hatched disabled spaces (for mobility impaired users) plus four standard sized spaces also designated “disabled” for users with MH issues.

If you used that system you could add 10-15% more disabled spaces very easily.

How does autism affect since someone's ability to walk a few metres, for example?

Fuck me the ignorance is sky high here.

Can you really not stretch your mind quite far enough to imagine the difficulties?

Two of my (adult) autistic children have tourettes. Try wrestling a six footer with gross motor tics in a small space Arrietty

Such an entitled culture we're creating.

Yeah. So fucking entitled - those pesky disabled people

How does autism affect since someone's ability to walk a few metres, for example?
Because it can be dangerous if someone with autism is prone to bolting to the car with no sense of traffic as they need to get back to their safe place for example. Having the space near the entrance can help that or if they have a carer and need to get them in and out when they are reluctant to.

@gotothecooler

How does autism affect since someone's ability to walk a few metres, for example?

Fuck me the ignorance is sky high here.

Can you really not stretch your mind quite far enough to imagine the difficulties?

So explain. Why can't someone autism and no physical disability not walk a few metres?

So explain. Why can't someone autism and no physical disability not walk a few metres?

I think you are simply being goady tbh. Nobody is quite so ignorant.

Because autism is a huge spectrum @CurtainWitcher ,my son sometimes just won't walk he doesn't choose to do this he does because he's distressed or frightened ,he can also just run out in front of cars because he doesn't have the cognitive ability to recognise danger, many ,many people with autism probably wouldn't meet the criteria but in my sons case he automatically meets the criteria because of his severe mental impairment .

We're discussing blue badges specifically. It's like suggesting that people with Asperger's should be entitled to wheelchairs because disabled.

Don't be so fucking stupid. It's nothing like that and you know it.

@Gilead

Two of my (adult) autistic children have tourettes. Try wrestling a six footer with gross motor tics in a small space Arrietty

But gross motor tics are physical. Nobody is going to argue with that. Similarly cerebral palsy, anyone needing a major buggy, dozens of different conditions...

What was causing controversy was the idea that an adult with borderline personality disorder and an adult with impaired mobility need to be treated exactly the same way

I only waded in with a proposed solution because someone else was getting shit upthread for their remarks on impaired mobility.

We're discussing blue badges specifically. It's like suggesting that people with Asperger's should be entitled to wheelchairs because disabled

WTAF

@gotothecooler

We're discussing blue badges specifically. It's like suggesting that people with Asperger's should be entitled to wheelchairs because disabled.

Don't be so fucking stupid. It's nothing like that and you know it.

It's EXACTLY like that.

Aspergers is Autism, many, many people have co-morbids, tics, panics, meltdowns, a complete unawareness of their surroundings.

I do actually think that when an adult with “anxiety” gets the same priority for inadequate supplies of disabled parking as a wheelchair user, something is very wrong.

If there was plentiful disabled parking for everyone, that would be different.

Somebody with autism wouldn't automatically be entitled Curtain it's how the disability impacts them