DH has lost ds2's blue badge. I know it's in the house somewhere but could be anywhere so after a week I phoned the blue badge administration people and asked for a replacement. They said they will send me a form. So today it came and I'm not sure about some of the questions. He's 3y 9m and has hypotonia and hypermobility. He doesn't get HRM but I'm wondering if he is entitled to it. Can't quite face the huge long form when it's likely that he wont get it so I'll try when he is 5 as the care component runs out then anyway and hopefully he will get LRM at least.
He can walk from the house to the car in the drive, sometimes he trips over the crack in the pavement and falls over, sometimes not. He can't quite walk to the end of the garden, by 3/4 of the way he will have fallen several times so he will give up and crawl instead or ask to be carried. They want to know how far in meters he can walk (I have no idea without following him with a tape measure) and how many times he has fallen over in the last year (no idea, he falls over more than 10 times a day usually, depending on what he is doing but a year ago he wasn't walking at all). He walks quite well on a deserted completely flat surface although his gait is awkward but trips over cracks in pavement, his own feet, falls over when someone brushes past him. He also gets very tired so can't walk far. He can't get out of the car by himself and he is a dead weight when you try to lift him (feels heavier than my 5 year old although I know he isn't) so it's handy to have the wider space to open the door fully and have the buggy next to the car so the carrying is minimal. I'm wondering whether to attatch a description of his needs to the form an leave it blank or try and guess.