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Parking at school run

my biggest gripe over the past 27 years of being disabled is disabled parking. My daughters schools do no supply disabled spaces for parents to park in. It is the most stressful thing the school run
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The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) covers many areas of everyday life, including education and access to goods and services. Generally, the parts in the DDA to do with schools relate to pupils with disabilities.
However, many services provided by a school do not relate directly to your child's education, but are considered a 'service to the public' and are covered by the DDA.
Your child's school should make 'reasonable adjustments' to procedures and policies or provide you with aids to help you access their services, like putting information in accessible formats. They must not refuse to provide a service, or provide a lesser service, to you as a parent with disabilities.
Providing parking for people with disabilities and make sure other parents' vehicles do not block access"
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I found this really hard while my daughter was in primary school. School were very supportive and I became a parent governor to get the voice of disabled/chronic conditions etc families across. They did extend the car park... But actually the most helpful access help was that for example when I called them they would come get me from the car in wheelchair. They also walked with my daughter to get her to the car when she was younger.
It got easier every year she got older. I taught her to walk home on her own possibly a little younger than I would have as an able bodied person would.. I allowed to her to walk 100 years to where I could park, then she walked 1/4 way home and I'd meet her in the car... Then 1/2 then 3/4....
U till she was really happy walking home and she loved it!
I'm not persuading you to let your daughter wlak home... I just wish someone had told me it would get easier when my daughter was younger so I'm saying it to you.
Ha e you spoken to school?
"I'm trying to live like a random poem I read that ended 'to bloom where we are planted"
Besides which can I ask why you are following my postings with so much interest?