Please remember Not all disabilities are visible .
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We know this!!!
Different subject, but worth mentioning…saw a report on the BBC news today… The DWP have been fined more than any other body for Disability Discrimination.
A man who was told he was fit for work, went to work, and had a serious asthma attack due to severe stress. He was hospitalised.
He suffers constant anxiety.
An invisible disability.
Boudicax
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I assume different councils give a Blue Badge for different conditions. I have a friend who was given a Badge because she happened to tell the lady who was issuing her with a bus pass that she had OsteoArthritis. She didn’t have to prove it although I assume she had to prove the Arthritis to get her bus pass as she is too young to automatically get a Pass.
Jan x
Some councils will give them to any over 80 year old that asks. I know some over 80’s will have walking difficulties but also many don’t and don’t need a badge.
Alright we all understand not all disabilities are visible, other than obvious disabilities like someone who is an amputee there are literally hundreds if not thousands of invisible disabilities but I was given to understand that in order to get a blue badge you must not be able to walk more than 50 metres unaided, this guy clearly does walk considerably more than 50 metres frequently regularly often. I’m going to now list several jobs One of which includes the job he holds and has done for some considerable time personal trainer Sports coach, Sports teacher, firefighter, boiler installer,Aircraft mechanic, panel beater, scaffold Erector, police officer, prison officer, dance teacher, choreographer, bricklayer, plasterer, camera operator, plumber. Are there any of those jobs listed that could be done by someone with mobility issues so significant that they’re unable to walk more than 50 metres. I did say yesterday that they have now reported this issue to the council they need to leave it in their hands and forget about it because what will be will be. Unfortunately the individual I am referring to Who has told me about this situation has a habit of sticking their nose into everybody else’s business. And I frequently find myself discussing people I have never met I have never seen I will never meet and often who I have never heard of before. Unfortunately they are the worst kind of gossip and I do not know and nor do I want to know whether they discuss these matters with other people in their neighbourhood. But feel that when people really do have disabilities they wouldn’t need to struggle so much to get what they need if there weren’t people taking the pea.
That person sounds like someone to stay well clear of. They may be discussing you. They know way too much about a ‘neighbours’ business. They must be following him and stalking because they say how far he walks,obviously looking in his house and watching him and his family’s.every move etc. The best thing is to tell them to get a life. Lina
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I have had a blue badge for a few months now but do not drive ( I have balance and mobility issues). I use it mainly when hubby takes me to appointments. This morning we stopped off at the supermarket and he parked in the disabled bay. I was horrified and he said you are entitled to park here. I reluctantly stuck badge in window and looked around to make sure that no one was about before getting out of the car. I think that it’s that attitude from other people looking in that don’t have a clue what you are feeling or are going through 24/7. I am as guilty as the next person because I have tutted at people in the past because they have parked in the disabled bay. And it’s for that reason that I apologise for having done so now the boot is on the other foot so to speak. Wilma
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To the anonymous poster. Quite frankly I can’t see that the situation is any of your business, or that of the person who has reported the blue badge holder. I would suggest moving away from twitching the curtains and finding something productive to fill time with. The badges are not freely awarded and criteria must be met. It has been reported so will be, or has been dealt with.
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Amen to that Poppy, must be a boring life, that one needs to live it through gossip. No one knows the real circumstances and it sounds like spitefulness to me. or jealousy. I know they do not give out blue badges unless there is a real issue. as this guy had a head injury who knows he may be prone to fits or seizures. life is to short to live it worrying about others.
I hate this ANON system as you may get two anons in a conservation and loose sight of which one is which lol, and for me if you can join a discussion people should have the courage of their convictions and show themsleves. it shows to me they are worried about reaction and back lash.
stay safe all of you, we are going to go through a very scary and stressful few months. xxx
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Thank goodness someone is finally trying to shut this blog down, honestly have you nothing better to do, yes of course we all sometimes thing, “oh why are they parking there” but like crazy chick said, we don’t know there circumstances, I’ve enough to cope with dealing with the MS and my symptoms without worrying what someone else is doing.
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enough already!
Boudsx
That’s just what I was going to say Bouds, x
can admin shut it down?
Boudsx
I hope so, x
My two pennies worth. I think the anon poster knows far too much about the person they are gunning for. Perhaps an ex boyfriend? My advice… mind your own business. I agree with crazy chick, poppy and others.
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Realise this post been going on for a while. And don’t defend said holder of badge. But “a neighbour of a friend”?
Quote :The badge holder sustained a head injury but returned to work, as I wrote he isn’t showing any signs of mobility problems and walks into town and back daily to go to work and all over town regularly without any assistance taking his kids around, plays football, goes jogging, stands in the kitchen every night cooking dinner for a family has a physically demanding active job, carries heavy sacks home regularly, I know that there’s invisible disabilities like cardiovascular problems but his lifestyle rules those out, along with neuromuscular or skeletal problems. The only thing I can think of is that he could have seizures but think that might impact his job and prevent him from going out alone. But the fact is that he walks hundreds of yards unassisted daily along with the activities at work. It actually does stink of fraud as we know that doctors have to believe you about your symptoms no matter how ridiculous they sound so a GP might have been conned into agreement that he has disabilities, for instance If I say I’ve got horrific headaches they cannot prove I haven’t. You can only prove a positive, I can prove I can swim but can’t prove I can’t unless I’m prepared to drown.
Then how do you know such detail about this person unless you are stalking him?
And someone else said blue badges should just be for mobility. Sorry, even as a chair user and having to hoik one in and out of a car have to dsiagree. You can’t SEE if MS makes your legs tired or painful or wobbly.
My carer has a disabled son who looks “normal” but has no concept of danger. They got a blue badge because getting across a carpark was a nightmare. He can be violent, break free and run in front of a car in a instant. So I sympathise but a blind passenger or deaf passenger is not immediatly obvious.
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