walking assessment!! are they having a laugh?

[uk2]

Hi

I know i'm in the UK and most of you are OZ land or U.S.A and they proberly do things differently out there but i have been waiting to hear about a disabled badge so i can park closer to places as it makes it easier for when i go shopping in my wheelchair or that it will mean i can use my wheelchair less as i can get nearer to the shops and use my two sticks to get in and then out and wont be so housebound.
I sent the form off end of October and thought i would see how the appilication was going as it has been a while, they said i would have to go for a walking assessment!! are they kidding or what? i know its because i dont have a dx as a close friend applied for one at about the same time and as she had a dx of fibro she got hers straight away the crazy thing is she is so more active then me and does not use any aids to walk!!
I get more frustrated with my NHS then i do my illness ( what this illness is) because if you dont fit in a box you have to fight to get anything and its tiring to keep having to prove yourself when your trying to keep your head above water as your not sure what you have and are swimming around in limboland!!

Oh well another fight thats all.

Hope your all well  love to u all hugs x

[meathead]

Hello like you i live in the uk and have ms , i do have my blue badges. It is rediculos and i know exactly what you mean although i was diagnosed 9 years ago i could never get help until one day i was in surgery and my doctor asked me if i had to pay for my prescriptions i told her yes , she then told me to claim dla which i did she filled out my forms and the rest followed i got my blue badge ,that was 2 years ago , so i would go and talk to your own doctor. Good luck and let me know how you get on. Then once you get them as you are still young and we dont show a disability whilst sitting behind the wheel the fun will start, you get people aproach you to tell you that you cant park here it ts quiet funny when you then get out of your car to see the look on there faces , im not sure if they think i am walking like a drunk or if they actually do realise any way it shuts them up. Let me know howyou got on
jules

[T-lynn]

I have had handi-cap plates since 1998,here in my state I take a form to my GP he fills it out I take it to the motor vehicles building and they issue it right then.Theres no wait and here they can do it for temporarily disabilities and permanant.My card is good for 6 years.

T

[uk2]

Thannks for your reply, i guess its just hard waiting enough to know whats wrong without other people questioning you too, but they dont know me from adam so i know its not personal!! its just odd how my friend got hers and i have to go for a assement and she is so much more mobile then me but it was a different district so maybe thats why.
I think its a good idea to ask they doctor they never asked mine about anything but instead are sending me to a local independent walking assement unit. oh well i pray the appointment will come back soon.

Thanks

[needanswers54]

They have made it tougher these past couple of years to get a handicapped parking permit here in the US, also.  But in my state, they ask your doctor to certify that you have certain walking or breathing difficulties.  It is not so much based on the diagnosis, but the actual physical difficulties of the applicant.  If the doctor certifies that you do fit the state's criteria, then you can qualify for the permit.  Of course, if the doctor is falsifying the information, they can get into really big trouble and lose their ability to certify any of his/her patients.  Just thought I would let you know.

Good luck!