hi all i have a 2.5 year old daughter who has global development delay,hypotomia and she cant walk or crawl or feed herself she can sit for a small amount of time un supported she also has low muscle tone in her legs my partner and i are a young couple 24 and 20 i work and my partner looks after our child we currently have to borrow my brothers car to get to appointments for mia-jane my question is could we apply for mobility for our daughter ? i have checked all government websites and it says you cannot get mobility until they are 3 years old could this be over looked as we have missed appointments due to not having a vehicle or transport and our parents are also disabled so we cant have help off them is there any thing we can do ? doctors have said she wont be crawling till she is 5 and she may walk when she is 7 . please could anyone help ?

thanks
very much
simon

Hiya
it's always worth a try and if you can try to send in as much edvidence as you can

They won't award mobility until your daughter turns 3 unfortunately however it is worth applying a couple of months before she turns 3 so that it's done in time. Our son was awarded it starting from his 3rd birthday and we where able to order the car (as this can take a couple of months also) so it was ready to collect ASAP after his birthday. Xx


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thank you very much for your replys im going to ring them up on monday to see if we can order the car ready for her third birthday thank you very much

kind regards
simon & becky

In the meantime you could ask for hospital transport for appointments based on our daughters disability. the only downside is long waits usually to come home. If you have a social worker they can also help with costs for transport, has your daughter had a core assessment done ?