Blue badge factsheet
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The announcement by Justin Tomlinson MP that people with hidden disability can now have access to a Blue Badge has raised a number of issues about public understanding of the Blue Badge scheme, since people with hidden disability have always had the right to apply for a Blue Badge. Getting one is a different story.
We have produced this short factsheet to help reduce the mainstream stigma about the need or use of a Blue Badge.