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ADAPTED TAXIS - DERBY (and other cities...)
Hi everyone - my disabled daughter is a power chair user, and cannot transfer. Before the pandemic, it was easy to get an adapted cab to anywhere she wished to go in Derby or surrounding area, at a reasonable cost, with quotes for longer journeys, or evenings. Post-pandemic - it is a nightmare to get an adapted cab at all…
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Hi, my name is Zoggers! Places to go this Halloween
Its a bit weird so please bear with me… I love Halloween. Its always been my favourite time of year and I love a good scare. I’ve been looking for somewhere to go that’s ok for people with mobility issues. I’m on crutches and I can get most places but I’m slow. Does anyone know of any places that I can go? Most places say…
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Transport
Hello I’m having problems to apply the transport
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Rollator on London buses
Hello - I've recently acquired a rollator and wondered about using it on London buses. Will drivers lower the ramp for me or is that only for wheelchair users? I think I'd be OK boarding at the front but getting out could be difficult. Could I ask the driver to lower the ramp?
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Driving test for Neurodivergent people
What accessibility arrangements can the DVSA provide for disabilities e.g. High Functioning Autistic, Dyslexia or ADHD? Can extra time and rest breaks be requested? What other reasonable adjustments are applicants entitled to? I am anxious about filling in the request form because i don't want to be discriminated against…
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Parking
Hi , just wondering if anyone can help with this one please? I have a lot of disabilities and bad mental health. I saw a light at the end of the tunnel when motability offered to pay for me to have driving lessons....yay i might just be able to have some sort of life. Im stuck in my bungalow 24/7 I have no visitors and no…
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Blue badge application - what are they looking for?
I believe I educated myself well, partly thanks to this site, on the PIP questions in so far as I knew what to put down and what not to mention i.e. what they were interested in and what was irrelevant (to them). I am hoping to do the same with the blue badge. Can anyone tell me what sort of things they are actually…
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Applying for a BB and looking for offers of help for the verbal and physical assessment.
Can stand and then move unaided more than 20 metres but no more than 50 metres. The above is the PIP descriptor that would entitle a claimant to 8 points as well as an automatic Blue Badge. Age UK simply state you have problems walking My County Council state * you cannot walk at all * OR you cannot walk without help from…
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Insurance travel
Hubby and I want to go on a cruise he has controlled heart disease and I have a few issues and they quoted 1220 for 14 nights Caribbean cruise. Madness any tips. Thanks
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VACATION TO SCOTLAND
I'm on uc and traveling to Scotland camping for 2 weeks from England. Will I still have to attend work focused interviews at the Scottish job centres?
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Automatic get a blue badge
Hi I have Blue Badge that I had to go for assessment for, but I would like to know how many points do you need to automatically get a Blue Badge without going for an assessment
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DVLA issues
This discussion was created from comments split from: DVLA are a joke at the moment.
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Urgently in need of a wheelchair
Good morning all, I am an international student with mobility impairment. I live in the North East England. I urgently need suggestions about how to buy a wheelchair preferably an electrically powered wheelchair and at what price? Thank you
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Hi, my name is bizzarebird! Accessibility travel research
Hi all i am starting early doing some research for travel in 2024. For 5 years I have remained at home but on the eve of my birthday … Friday 14th I will be 49. I don’t want to continue like this. So planning my 50th birthday and found Kendal in Cumbria. I started to think of places I want to visit but worry so much about…
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Days out
Hi all hope everyone OK where do people go for days out I been Duxford iwm museum had a fantastic day out but loads of walking
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Motability driving lesson scheme
Hi, this is my first post so apologies if it's not quite right. I successfully applied for a Motability car with the view it would be here in October though I've had a call today to say it will be delivered at the end of this month. I only have a provisional currently (there is another named driver with a full license) as…
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Upper limb disability/No Mobility access
Hello everyone, My son is 23,has just graduated from University in Animation and doing so well. I am very proud of him. He had an accident when he was 1yr old causing upper limb partial paralysis. He has restricted and weaked use of his arms ,hands and shoulders. He is desperate to drive,like all his friends,and also…
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Desperately wanting to learn to drive! (ADVICE NEEEDED!)
Hello all. I'm not sure if this is the right place to come but I'm looking for advice. I suffer from Quadreplegic Cerbral Palsy. I use an electric wheelchair on a daily basis and I'm looking into wanting to learn to drive. I would require a car whereby I can drive from my wheelchair and obviously would require specialist…
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Revoked Driving License (medical) but cannot get disabled rail card
My driving license was revoked due to poor eyesight, but I do not have a CVI and therefore cannot qualify for a disabled railcard. Does anyone have any advice on what to do? I asked the eye doctor and they seemed to only care about signing off CVIs with "significant impairment" whereas mine could only be considered…
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Motability points
Hi i am absolutely furious with my husband already so I don’t need any further judgement but he has managed to get two speeding tickets worth 6 points this month. Prior to this he has had a full clean license for 30 years! He is in the process of accepting them but I was wondering if this will mean my sons motsbility car…
