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1. TTR and the Scottish Executive subscribe to the Social Model of Disability, which recognises that people are not disabled by medical conditions or their physical characteristics, but by the physical environment and the attitudes of others. Because people are disabled in this way, the term 'disabled people' is used in this document, in preference to the term 'people with disabilities'.
2. In spite of these figures, the view of Glasgow City Council's Parking Unit is that the imposition of fines is effective, in as much as people do tend to pay these fines.
3. Manufacturers have supplied precise cost figures but these have been omitted in the interests of commercial confidentiality.
4. Individuals who are eligible for the Scheme in Scotland include people who: receive the Higher Rate Mobility Component of the Disability Living Allowance, receive a War Pensioners' Mobility Supplement, use a motor vehicle supplied for disabled people by the Scottish Executive or the Department of Social Security, have a severe disability in both upper limbs, regularly drive a motor vehicle but cannot turn the steering wheel of a motor vehicle by hand, have a permanent and substantial disability which means they are unable to walk or have very considerable difficulty in walking, are registered blind, are unable to walk or have considerable difficulty in walking because of a temporary but substantial disability which is likely to last for a period of at least 12 months but less than 3 years, are children under 2 whose medical needs require that they are accompanied by bulky medical equipment. (From "The Blue Badge Scheme: Parking Concessions for People with Disabilities." (Scottish Executive 2007).
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