System guide

Housing & transport supports

These routes have different criteria and decision-makers; a disability diagnosis alone does not establish entitlement.

Content checked 2026-09-28. Processes can change; use the linked sources before acting.

Use this as a route map. It does not diagnose, determine eligibility or replace individual professional advice.

Home adaptations

Housing Adaptation Grant and Mobility Aids Grant applications are administered by local authorities and have current scheme/means requirements.

School transport

The special-education transport route has specific diagnosed-disability and NCSE/SENO criteria. Use the current school-year process.

Free Travel

Free Travel may be automatic with some qualifying payments or require registration. From March 2026 users need a valid in-date Free Travel Public Services Card.

Other transport routes

The Disabled Person’s Parking Permit is based on a permanent condition that severely restricts walking. Revenue’s Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers Scheme is narrower again and requires a Primary Medical Certificate under strict severe and permanent physical-disability criteria. These are not general neurodivergence entitlements.

Primary sources