Even if the child or young person you care for doesn’t qualify automatically, they may still qualify under ‘the assessed route’. This means that the local authority carries out an assessment of their needs. Foster carers would need to complete a Blue Badge application form, and the local authority are also likely to want information from health or social care professionals who know the child or young Person. A child who is two or over should qualify for a Blue Badge by this route if the local authority has assessed that he or she has an enduring and substantial disability which causes them, during the course of a journey:
- To be unable to walk; or
- To have considerable difficulties in walking, which may include considerable psychological distress; or
- To be at serious risk of harm when walking, or to pose when walking serious risk of harm to any other person.
- A child or young person can also qualify if they are aged under three and have a specific medical condition that means that they either always need to be accompanied by bulky medical equipment or need to be always kept near the vehicle in case they need treatment. Bulky medical equipment includes ventilators, suction machines, feed pumps, parenteral equipment, syringe drivers and oxygen administration.
