DISABLED REGISTRATION

hass
hass Online Community Member Posts: 206 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

Comments

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 5,084 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 Online Community Member Posts: 276 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 Online Community Member Posts: 5,084 Championing

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

  • KG100
    KG100 Online Community Member Posts: 276 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 Online Community Member Posts: 276 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.

  • MW123
    MW123 Scope Member Posts: 1,099 Championing
    edited March 20

    @hass

    You automatically meet the definition of disability under the Equality Act 2010 from the day you’re diagnosed with HIV infection, cancer, or multiple sclerosis. People with these conditions are automatically considered disabled. However, there is no national register for disability status. Instead, individuals can determine if they qualify as disabled based on the equality act, which defines disability as a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on daily activities.

  • surfygoose
    surfygoose Online Community Member Posts: 512 Empowering

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

  • mix_dage
    mix_dage Online Community Member Posts: 55 Contributor

    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 Online Community Member Posts: 276 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 Online Community Member Posts: 276 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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