registered ambulant disabled - can anyone help?

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Does anyone know what this means? Is it receiving DLA or having a specific condition? DS is keen to attend a big concert but have concerns about how he would manage but mentions this in the booking conditions and not clear what it means.

TIA

it sounds as though it is to qualify for disabked access seating/ wheelchair area. so probably in receipt of mobility component of dla.

just a guess though - usually wheelchair access is limited, so they want to be sure that people who need it can book it, rather than people who are registered disabled, but do not have any mobility problems.

ambulent simply means you can walk, rather than a chair user. So it means in this case I would say 'registered disabled' = in receipt of dla, 'ambulant' = able to walk.

oh, yes, but you can be in receipt of mobility component of dla if you can walk. with shows etc, we have to take into account which seats are available - how many stairs to access them (in a crowded environment with jostling), whether are likely to be handrails etc.

so these would be seats, rather than wc spaces, but still only being sold to those who need them for specific reasons?

(that's me asking, lol, sorry)

which arena? i've never seen the term used specifically, so being nosy

For a JLS concert in Dingwall . Phoned and asked about it and they advised me that they allow them for folk who are registered disabled plus a free carer. Explained that there wasn't really such a thing any more but they would be happy to accomodate DS.

Problem is one of us could go as his carer but the other can't buy a ticket for the same area which is a shame as would all want to go together

Twas on the see tickets website.

oh, yes, it's always an issue. why would a family with a member with a disability actually want to sit together?

the phraselogy irritated me all weekend. in a sort of 'eats shoots and leaves' fashion. does ambulant disabled mean you can walk but have a disability, or you have a disability that affects your walking? plain english campaign obviously didn't reach see.

are they playing anywhere else that have a better policy for customers with a disability?

Oh it's a botheration.
We had this when DS wanted to go to Hard Rock Calling a couple of years ago. He's a part-time wheelchair user but would have been very vulnerable if in the main crowd. And he needed his wheelchair to get from carpark to arena anyway.
But if we took seats in the disabled area only one of us could sit with him leaving the other wandering alone. Which would mean the one with him couldn't go to the loo unless they took him with them as DS suffers terrible separation anxiety.
They relented in the end but I think we had to pay premium for the third person.