Something not quite logical about this?
I recently visited Anne Hathaway's cottage with ... - Ataxia UK
I recently visited Anne Hathaway's cottage with friends, disabled pay but can't negotiate the steps ,carers go free (they can manage)
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laddie
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Disabled pay? Carers go free?
I had to read that 3 times 
laddie in reply to
sorry my post was not very clear but you read correctly I sat in the gardens while my carer enjoyed her trip around the house I should say that she returned my ticket money but what an unbelievable situation!
in reply to laddie
Your post was very clear. I just find it very wrong that you had to pay.
I'm guessing it's some sort of financial thing. If there was an accident involving a disabled person, they can say that you could have brought someone to help you for free. I suppose it means they might not have to train staff.
I wonder how slightly disabled a person has to be to be able to qualify, and negotiate the place. Then
presumably they might not need a carer?
It`s a funny old world. The word disabled can be, lets say, diagnosed in so many different ways by so many different people and then ATOS can say they are all wrong because they have found their own way of diagnosing peoples disability.
The mind boggles.
I remember the report on TV that ripped ATOS apart after they asked a Army lad - in a wheelchair because he only had one leg, losing the other in an I.E.D explosion - to wriggle his foot, the lad repeatedly told them he had NO leg, but they kept asking him to move his FOOT!
They really are incompetent fools.
As I say, it`s funny old wolrd.
laddie in reply to
I think the rollator I was using was the clue plus I did say that I would not be able to negotiate the steps,although according to the social services (who hav'n't seen me)I am not disabled enough.
