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The Government announced yesterday that one of the things they will be looking at is abuse of Blue badge parking permits.
Disabled people have often commented that they seem to be used by non-disabled people, who take up spaces close to an entrance that they need, so this review should be welcomed.
It is especially important that they look at the whole system, since recently a man diagnosed as terminally ill was refused a blue badge. see the full story here>>

A new poll found 70 per cent of disabled people were concerned that a change of law to allow terminally ill patients to receive help to die would create pressure on vulnerable patients to “end their lives prematurely”.
This probably says more about disabled people’s feelings of not being treated as equal and valued members in society, than it does about assisted suicide.
Any change to the law, proposed by disabled celebrities like writer Terry Pratchet and campaigner Debbie Purdy would need to have strong safegaurds and recourse to independent advocates to protect disabled people’s rights to self-determination.