can one get a blue badge if epileptic?

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can one get a blue badge if epileptic

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The CAB's page about Blue Badges says:

You’re automatically eligible for a Blue Badge if you:

• are registered as blind
• get the higher rate of the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
• get Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and scored 8 points or more in the ‘moving around’ area of your assessment - check your decision letter if you’re not sure
• get War Pensioners’ Mobility Supplement 
• received a lump sum payment as part of the Armed Forces Compensation scheme (tariffs 1 to 8), and have been certified as having a permanent and substantial disability

If you're not automatically eligible

It's worth applying as you might still be able to get a badge. You'll have to fill in an extra part of the application to show why you need one. 

You should do this if:

• you have problems walking that are permanent, or that your doctor says are likely to last at least a year
• you can't use your arms
• you're applying on behalf of a child aged over 2 who has problems walking, or a child under 3 who needs to be close to a vehicle because of a health condition

The application is more complicated if you're not automatically eligible. It's worth getting help from an adviser at your nearest Citizens Advice to fill in the form properly.

You can find more information from your local council about the Blue Badge scheme through GOV.UK.