… BLUE BADGE .

[vittorio]

I.'ME APPLYING FOR MY FOURTH BLUE BADGE , AND AM CURIOUS TO KNOW ITS HISTORY , DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW IT STARTED OR WHEN ? … WHENEVER I TRY TO LOOK IT UP ON THE INTERNET - IT JUST KEEPS GIVING DETAILS OF HOW TO APPLY ETC , BUT NO HISTORY ! ……..DOES ANYONE KNOW ? - ENDLESS THANKLIES IF YOU DO !! …...

[PMRPete]

"In the United Kingdom (UK), this scheme of permits was originally introduced (using Orange Badges) by the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970. Badges are issued as a right if a person meets certain statutory requirements, most of which are associated with actually being in receipt of certain disability benefits from the national Social Security system; additionally, a local authority can make concessionary issues of badges to persons who have a permanent disability which does not fall directly within the more rigid statutory requirements but which seriously impairs their mobility."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disab...

[vittorio in reply to PMRPete]

THANKS MUCHLY FOR THE HISTORY LESSON PMRPete ! I ACTUALLY SENT A " RECENT ", AT THE TIME, AN X RAY , I WAS GIVEN WHEN BACK OUT IN SICILY AGAIN , FOLLOWING A BAD TURN , THE LAST TIME I APPLIED FOR ONE - FOR THE BLUE BADGE TEAM TO STUDY THE STATE OF MY BREATHING " EQUIPMENT !!!! ..= .DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE QUALIFIED STAFF TO READ THESE THINGS , BUT WHAT MORE PROOF COULD I GIVE OF MY OLD = LUGS !!! …..

[SORRELHIPPO]

I qualified as an Occupational Therapist in 1973, I am unsure if it was around then, or just after then. It was originally called the Orange Badge as that was the colour to start with, so might find more under that name. The first useful Act of Parliament, called the Chronically Sick and Disabled Person's Act came out in 1970. so it may be related to that. Good luck with your hunt.

[vittorio in reply to SORRELHIPPO]

LOTS OF THANKLIES TO , SORRELHIPPO ! ….FOR YOUR INFORMATION - - HONOURED TO RECEIVE A REPLY FROM A LEARNED MEMBER OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION ...I NOW WAIT AGAIN FROM YOUR MEDICAL COLLEAGUES WHO DECIDE THESE THINGS ABOUT THE EFFICACY ( THINK THATS THE WORD !! ) , OF MY FOURTH REQUEST OF " THE BADGE " .

[Pentreath Volunteer]

You can thank Alf Morris the MP who fought long and hard to get the 1970 Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act. Lovely man who I was fortunate to meet.

[vittorio in reply to Pentreath]

AH, ! - LOTS OF THANKLIES TO " PENTREATH, " AND MR MORRIS ! , ON BAD DAYS IT IS PARTICULARLY VERY HELPFUL WHEN I STAGGER OUT OF MY VEHICLE TO WHEREVER I NEED TO GET TOO !......