How can I prove my disability?
cornwallclive
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I have 3 crushed vertebrae which prevents me from standing for long periods.
I'm not looking for Benefits just want to prove my disability. How can I do this?
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A copy of your xrays, a consultants letter confirming the diagnosis.Do not follow me, I don't know where I am going.
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Welcome to the community, @cornwallclive!
You might be interested in an Access Card - the benefits of the card vary from place to place, so it would be worth checking beforehand if it's accepted for any activities you're interested in. You can also try using medical letters as whistles suggested.
I hope this helps!
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Lasian_Scope said:Welcome to the community, @cornwallclive!
You might be interested in an Access Card - the benefits of the card vary from place to place, so it would be worth checking beforehand if it's accepted for any activities you're interested in. You can also try using medical letters as whistles suggested.
I hope this helps!
Will look into this for myself. What a great idea.Do not follow me, I don't know where I am going. -
This has come up a few times. It seems that the Access Card and similar variations aren't accepted at many places.
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Hi cornwallclive and welcome
Forgive my curiousity but why do you want to prove that you have a disability ?
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For potential employers, people I meet and know who ask why don't you work anymore but also to save queuing at gigs especially Edinburgh.
They were brilliant last year but I feel the need to show something to prove I'm not a chancer or fraud
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That's the point I don't qualify for any benefits, I just want something to produce to prove I am disabled.
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Victoriad said:
Now getting past the queues at gigs.......Well? That’s a totally different ballgame all together! -
APPLY FOR A BLUE BADGE EVEN IF YOU DONT DRIVE IT WILL SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS AND CAN BE USED BY YOU IN ANY CAR YOU GET A LIFT IN GOOD LUCK
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Victoriad said:Hello @Nystagmite
If a disabled person can’t comfortably stand why not use some of the wheelchairs available at venues for such situations? -
Hello @Nystagmite, firstly anyone who his in a wheelchair by law at any venue they are put at the side at the front. With crash barriers aback of you. That is the health and safety of it. This also applies at football matches which a place for all wheelchairs are put in one area safe. If you are at any venue where accident could happen due to not providing a safe place so no harm comes to you they are breaking the law. You must state when ordering tickets you are a wheelchair user and they then should provide you with that wheelchair area.
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