Blue Badge advice please?

[Inactive_User]

Hello all

I have just been declined a blue badge on the grounds of:

“The applicants inability to walk or severe difficulty in walking must be permanent and not just intermittent or temporary”

How can they say that to somebody with MS? I put down that I am stumbling around like a drunk person everyday, I dont have a walking aid at the min as I dont have an MS nurse or any input form anybody really. I was DX three weeks ago. The Nurologist just said that it ‘changes nothing, only that you have a DX now’ Not really very sure where to go from here? I have been off work for six months now and eager to return, a badge would really help.

Any advice gratefully recieved please

Violet

[Upytupy]

Do you claim dla. I’m asking because your walking sounds like it might qualify you? I’m also asking because if you get higher rate mobility (I think) it automatically qualifies you for a blue badge. Cheryl:)

[Inactive_User]

Hi

No I haven’t claimed DLA. I think I may have to as I am going to have to reduce my hours. Its all very new and a bit of a mine field at the min!

Thank you for your reply

[Inactive_User]

hi there i’ve currently got a dx of TM and i’ve got a blue badge…i don’t claim dla and i’m still working but my doctor had to fill in form for me and surgery sent it back to council so didn’t see what he wrote but got call to pick badge up…had it a good few months now

baz

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@chris22

hi

i am chris i am 22 years old

i was diagnosed with spinal stanosis on tuesday this week, and was told the i will end up in a wheel chair at some stage in the next few months or so i am really worried and scared about what is happening to me. i live and try to work in the pub my mum and step dad manage i work when i can but i find it hard as i cant do a full days work.

I spend most of my time resting, i dont go out at all with friends or go out drinking as i am in so much pain all the time i get very little sleep only 2 hours a night and has been that way for the last 2 and a half years.

I am really worried and dont know who to talk to or turn to for help i have not appied for DLA or anything because i am scared of being in this situation. i have though about ending my life just because of the thought of being in a wheelchair and becoming a burdon on my family and my partner. i just dont know what to do anymore.

Half the time i just want to cry and hide away from everyone.

what should i do

Hi Chris, it brings tears to my eyes reading your post. I was diagnosed with RR ms in 2008. At first I did not want to admit it… as my mobility was only mildly impaired I went back to work & tried to get on with it however as my mobility deteriorated people began to notice & ask why I was limping, depending on who it was I would say I had hurt my back or I had arthritis.

Eventually I had to give up work, then I could not drive because my legs were so weak. I eventually applied for DLA & a blue badge in 2011. I did not apply before because I did not want to admit that I was disabled. It took me 3 years to even tell my family, all I did was sit & cry from the moment I woke up to when I went to bed. Eventually I joined an MS group & I found that having people to talk to who understood how I felt & what I was going through helped me to cope with my feelings. If you are ready to do this it may help you to cope better with your situation. You have done a good thing posting on here as you will get a lot of advise & support

SYLVIA XX

[Inactive_User]

Hello everyone

Just wanted to give you a quick update, I went for a medical assesment at the council yesterday, armed with my Union Jack walking stick! I have been approved for my blue badge! I am so happy, this means I can get out and about again!! (hopefully)

Anyway, just wanted to share and give some hope to those trying

Take care

Violet