Petition · past parliament
Mental Health disabilites should be treated like a physical disability (PIP)
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
PiP is discriminating mental health disabilities
Having mental health can be just as disabling as a physical disability.
mental health disabilities you can’t see the daily struggles and pain but because we don’t have physical ailments we are passed of with having no disabilities, even when we do
Having mental health can be just as disabling as a physical disability.
mental health disabilities you can’t see the daily struggles and pain but because we don’t have physical ailments we are passed of with having no disabilities, even when we do
the last few years mental health has started to be recognised as an illness, still a taboo subject
Mental health Is a disability, it affects your ability to socialise,shop, be independent everything like being in a wheelchair does.
Just because you can’t see doesn’t mean we’re not disabled.
Pip is for people with disability so stop discriminating and being predujice
In Scotland and Wales people with severe mental health are entitled to a blue badge & PiP
MH Services are suffering, so are we
Mental health Is a disability, it affects your ability to socialise,shop, be independent everything like being in a wheelchair does.
Just because you can’t see doesn’t mean we’re not disabled.
Pip is for people with disability so stop discriminating and being predujice
In Scotland and Wales people with severe mental health are entitled to a blue badge & PiP
MH Services are suffering, so are we
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
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Timeline
| 16 Mar 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 22 Mar 2018 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
22 Mar 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.