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Taking Handicapped parking permit
685 Patients currently take Handicapped parking permit
1 Patient stopped taking Handicapped parking permit
mser245
Sensation: severe
Overall: moderate
Cognition: severe
Vision: moderate
Speech: none
Swallowing: none
Upper limb: moderate
Walking: moderate
mser245
daily since Apr 28, 1999
lrb48
Sensation: moderate
Overall: moderate
Cognition: moderate
Vision: moderate
Speech: mild
Swallowing: moderate
Upper limb: moderate
Walking: moderate
lrb48
as needed since Dec 01, 2005
gretchensteele
Flare-up: severe
Sensation: severe
Overall: severe
Cognition: severe
Vision: moderate
Speech: severe
Swallowing: moderate
Upper limb: severe
Walking: severe
gretchensteele
as needed since Apr 01, 2003

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What is Handicapped parking permit? A handicap/disabled parking permit (also known as a "Blue badge") allows the bearer to park in specially marked disabled parking spaces. This can be particularly helpful where mobility is a problem; disabled bays usually also have more space around the vehicle to allow the loading of wheelchairs.


What we've learned

Why Patients Take Handicapped parking permit

Other
Other: 100% 253
Fatigue
Fatigue: 56% 141
Stiffness/spasticity
Stiffness/spasticity: 40% 100
General health
General health: 22% 55
Not indicated
Not indicated: 20% 51
Disease-related symptoms
Disease-related symptoms: 8% 21
Pain
Pain: 8% 19
Difficulty walking
Difficulty walking: 4% 11
Balance issues
Balance issues: 3% 8
slow my disease's progress
slow my disease's progress: 2% 6
Weakness in legs
Weakness in legs: 2% 5
Walking difficulty without aid
Walking difficulty without aid: 1% 3
Don't know
Don't know: 1% 3
Foot drop
Foot drop: 1% 2
Brain fog
Brain fog: 0% 1
Dragging foot
Dragging foot: 0% 1
Emotional lability
Emotional lability: 0% 1
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence): 0% 1
Heavy sensation in legs
Heavy sensation in legs: 0% 1
Imbalance when walking
Imbalance when walking: 0% 1
Loss of coordination/balance
Loss of coordination/balance: 0% 1
Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia)
Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia): 0% 1
Uhthoff's phenomenon
Uhthoff's phenomenon: 0% 1

How Long Current Patients Have Been Taking Handicapped parking permit

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
10
18
61
65
80
384

Why Patients Stopped Taking Handicapped parking permit (multiple reasons could be selected)

Other
Other: 100% 2
Not indicated
Not indicated: 100% 2

How Long Patients Took Handicapped parking permit Before Stopping

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
0
0
1
0
0
1

Average: 1 star 2 star 3 star 4 star Handicapped parking permit Ratings

4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
4: 100% 33
3 stars3 stars3 stars
3: 15% 5
2 stars2 stars
2: 9% 3
1 star
1: 3% 1


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