Hi Stephen,
Many thanks for your advice. It is much appreciated.
Best Wishes
Antonia
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Not sure of its any help in my personal experience as a wheelchair user if your doctor refers you to a social services OT they can normally do this for about £45 and it can take up to 30 days. The reason for the length of time, up to 30 days is that it comes in line with normal road painting work being carried out in the area if any additional painting work is going to be carried out not in line with any normal schedules it can be anywhere between £200 and £400. Sadly like anything there is always proof required and if an individual does not have a blue disabled parking badge or other form of disabled benefit or support is very difficult to prove that they require a parking bay.
It is always important to remember that the equality act is there to ensure that individuals are treated equally and that if their personal ability or condition means that they experience less than others resulting in not being treated equally. There needs to be a requirement to prove or demonstrate that a person's ability or conditions generate an experience of inequality, four example a doctors letter.
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> Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 13:14:50 -0000
> From: "John, Antonia" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Disabled Car Parking query
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> Hi there
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> I wonder if anyone can advise myself on the following query as it is not something I have come across before. I have had a call from a lady who lives in Northampton she is being charged £200 by her council for them to come and paint a disabled parking bay outside her house. This space will not be her designated space but a general use disabled bay. She has MS and finds walking difficult and therefore needs parking close to her home. The council need verification of her MS from her doctors - who are also charging her £40 and to verify her condition - they have also said they will take up to 28 days to process this!
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> Does anyone know if this normal practice - both charges seem unethical and also would go against the Equality Act?
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> Just wondered anyone else had come across this or had any thoughts.
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> Kind regards
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> Antonia John
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