Blue Badge Scheme

• The Blue Badge scheme helps you park closer to your destination if you’re disabled.
• The old rules for being awarded a Blue Badge were focused on people’s physical ability to walk.
• With the new rules, you could be given a Blue Badge if you can’t do a journey:
  • Without being at risk of serious harm
  • Without it causing “very considerable psychological distress”
  • Or if you have very considerable difficulty when walking.
• You should be automatically eligible if you have qualified for PIP Mobility Component and have scored exactly 10 points for “planning and making a journey” because making a journey causes “overwhelming psychological distress”
• Children who get Higher Rate Mobility Disability Living Allowance (HRMDLA) will also continue to qualify, as before.
• Not all autistic people need a Blue Badge. But it can be a lifeline for many autistic people and their families – helping them to go out in ways other people take for granted.

(Information sourced from NAS and Gov.uk)