From: jethro_uk@hotmailbin.com 
  
 On Sat, 09 Aug 2025 22:04:17 +0100, Mark Goodge wrote: 
  
 > On Sat, 9 Aug 2025 09:15:32 -0000 (UTC), Jethro_uk 
 >  wrote: 
 > 
 >> [quoted text muted] 
 > 
 > The mental health eligibility criteria for a blue badge includes things 
 > like agoraphobia, where someone needs to park as close as possible to 
 > their destination in order to minimise the distress of being in an 
 > unenclosed environment, and cognitive impairments which significantly 
 > increase a person's risk factor as a pedestrian. Both of those are 
 > genuine mental disabilities which can be genuinely mitigated by having a 
 > blue badge (and bearing in mind here that a blue badge is allocated to 
 > the person with a disability, but they can be the passenger rather than 
 > the driver). 
  
 However, with a rather unsympathetic hat on, they *could* physically walk 
 a distance. 
  
 SWMBO (for example) cannot. Not even drag herself on the floor now. It's 
 not like accessible parking grows on trees. Already accessible toilets 
 have been cop-opted into the trans debate meaning the time they are free 
 for use has reduced. 
  
 And don't get me started on buggies that have stolen the spaces 
 *specifically won* by campaigners for disability rights. 
  
 Rant over. 
  
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