spiritfree
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- Type 1
Are type 1 diabetics able to have parking permits as they are officially disabled?
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PARKING PERMITS
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Copepod
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Not routinely, as generally parking permits are for people with mobility problems who need to park close to destination to minimise walking. Personally, I generally aim to walk as far as possible, so park as far from supermarket, for example, as possible.
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I think it would depend on whether a complication of your diabetes had affected your mobility (e.g. Lower limb amputation)
I'm still slightly uncomfortable that ALL my prescriptions are free - not just the Diabetes ones. I think I'm expensive enough to the NHS already. Having said that, I've pretty much not needed a prescription for anything non-D related since diagnosis.
I think the 'disability' stuff for diabetes is more important for the 'reasonable adjustment' stuff that schools and workplaces need to do to accommodate people living with diabetes. I don't really consider myself disabled at all, but it's good to know that employers could not prohibit me from, for example, SMBG or treating hypos whenever I needed to.
I'm still slightly uncomfortable that ALL my prescriptions are free - not just the Diabetes ones. I think I'm expensive enough to the NHS already. Having said that, I've pretty much not needed a prescription for anything non-D related since diagnosis.
I think the 'disability' stuff for diabetes is more important for the 'reasonable adjustment' stuff that schools and workplaces need to do to accommodate people living with diabetes. I don't really consider myself disabled at all, but it's good to know that employers could not prohibit me from, for example, SMBG or treating hypos whenever I needed to.
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