As you may recall i said i would deal with this for you, it seems there is a queue. CP is top notch and you will be very well served by him
Really all you have to do is communicate with him so he has all the info he will need, sit back and wait for the win. ( i have never been more sure of a win in the 000s of cases i have helped with)
Ahhh! I replied to your greatly appreciated comment a few days ago with the NTO, I was in such a spin processing everything that I was reading, I didn't even clock that the response had come from a different username

Thank you for the vote of confidence with CP and for the reassurance! I was so convinced that I had no hope with all of this, the officer was so adamant that what I was doing was wrong either way I felt there was no way out. Being autistic myself I can get overly stressed about the silliest little things, I hate it but I can't help it. It was *literally* all I thought about for weeks. You are all wonderful people and will never know how much this means to me.
Why would it ever be wrong to park to collect someone? The advisory leaflet is very open ended about it,
presumably OF COURSE because there is so much variation when you are caring for people with complex needs. I am kicking myself for answering that call (I thought it might have been his school) and even more so for turning back around to entertain that bullying officer instead of just waiting for my family as planned. Rant over!