DISABLED REGISTRATION

hass
hass Community Member Posts: 258 Empowering
in Current affairs

Hi all.

I keep hearing about registered disabled on the radio.

Many callers have said this.

Can anyone shed light on this please

Thank you

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  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Community Member Posts: 8,721 Championing

    It's an old fashioned phrase. There is no national or local register of disabled people.

    I guess some people class themselves as "registered disabled" through getting various benefits etc.

  • KG100
    KG100 Community Member Posts: 306 Empowering

    I was given a yellow disabled card when I was registered disabled in Hampshire a few years a go, and in my new county I have a white card.

    The disabled registers I joined are voluntary, I just applied online on the councils website.

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Community Member Posts: 8,721 Championing

    I think my local authority might have a register for those with severe sight impairments, that's about it here.

  • KG100
    KG100 Community Member Posts: 306 Empowering

    I've used my registered disabled cards for discounts to places before I applied for the disabled blue card.

    They do come in handy.

  • KG100
    KG100 Community Member Posts: 306 Empowering

    I don't think there's ever been an official register of disabled people, but some councils have them because it gives them an idea of how many disabled people live in the area. There were talks about stopping it in Surrey a few years a go because not many people were applying to join it.

  • surfygoose
    surfygoose Community Member Posts: 543 Empowering

    Yes Hampshire still has a yellow card they give you for free when you register as disabled with them.

  • mix_dage
    mix_dage Community Member Posts: 83 Empowering

    The old labour exchanges/Dole office/job centre used to have a disabled register, it was a green card in the 80's

  • KG100
    KG100 Community Member Posts: 306 Empowering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1002867#Comment_1002867

    I remember that now, some of my older friends in my old job in the MOD had green cards to show that they couldn't do certain jobs. I forgot all about that.

  • KG100
    KG100 Community Member Posts: 306 Empowering

    When I applied at Hampshire council for my yellow card their computer made a mistake and sent me 5 different ones with different numbers on, they just told me to use the last one and cut the rest up !!

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