Scott_1984
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Re: Freedom Pass/London Freedom Pass: - 2008/02/06 19:26
FREEDOM PASS Only if you receive the higher rate of the mobility allowance of: Disability Living Allowance (DLA). http://www.freedompass.org/disabledusers.htm
What is an eligible disability?: http://www.freedompass.org/disabledusers.htm
If you are living in London and you have an eligible disability, you can apply for a disabled freedom pass. The seven main categories of disability in the Transport Act 2000 which make you eligible for a freedom pass these are listed below.
If you have any of the following disabilities you can apply for a freedom pass. Local borough councils issue freedom passes to people with disabilities who meet one of the seven categories in the Transport Act 2000. These are:
people who are blind or partially sighted
people who are profoundly or severely deaf
people without speech
people who have a disability, or have suffered an injury, which has left them with a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to walk
people who do not have arms or have a long-term loss of the use of both arms
people who have a learning disability, that is defined as, a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind which includes significant impairment of intelligence and social functioning
people who, if they applied for the grant for a licence to drive a motor vehicle under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1988, would have their application refused pursuant to section 92 of the Act (physical fitness) otherwise than on the ground of persistent misuse of drugs or alcohol.
For further details see the Department for Transport website.
Local councils may at their discretion issue freedom passes to disabled people that do not meet one of the above criteria.
Post edited by: Scott_1984, at: 2008/02/06 19:27
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