I've been disabled all my life but I was still denied a blue badge

CHARLOTTE FEARS OTHERS FACE SAME STRUGGLE

- By LOUIS CORBETT

A CHARITY chief executive was denied a blue badge despite her lifelong disabilities.

Charlotte Throssel, the CEO of Disability Support, Basford, claims that a worrying national trend is on the rise - severely mobility-impaired people being denied a blue badge due to council red tape.

After applying for her blue badge at the start of October in her home county of Leicestershire, Charlotte was denied, with Leicestershire County Council stating that she had to prove that she was unable to walk, experience difficulty walking, or be at risk of serious harm when walking, or pose a risk of serious harm to any other person.

Charlotte was born with phocomelia, a condition that either means her limbs are shortened or missing, and in her case, she has one arm and uses a wheelchair due to the additional disability of having an inwardly curved spine.