@Glos-Guy Doesn’t following a journey cover mental health, as we as things like, Dementia/other brain conditions, cognitive/learning disability’s, stroke ….. It will be much harder to disconnect access to the scheme, than it was to grant access by making mental health a disability (2010?). Could you imagine the uproar, when (not if) they tried it!
Yes all those conditions mentioned allow for sufficient points to achieve enhanced mobility. The problem as those complaining see it amongst those mental health conditions come Neurodivergence and anxiety.
For example my daughter is diagnosed with combined Autism and ADHD and suffers severe social anxiety, to the extent that going shopping on a quiet day results in a severe migraine and, at best, hours in bed. She could easily achieve an award of enhanced mobility purely on mental health. The issue is that this is the exact outcome that is causing problems. The headline reads “Motability cars for anxiety” painting the youth of today as snowflakes claiming benefits for anxiety and ADHD. Having seen the impact of anxiety, at the severe end of the scale, the implication is far from the reality but since when has the truth mattered.
I'm Autistic, if I say something you find offensive, please let me know, I can guarantee it was unintentional.
I'll try to give my honest opinion but am always open to learning.
Mark