Shocking post Pheebs, offensive and unneccessary as I am sure you are aware.
You'd be wise not to take everything your Diabetes Nurse says as gospel, there's a lot of us who'd be in trouble if we did that! Maybe you could go on a training course together
I don't think that type-1s should have an automatic right to a blue badge if they are in relatively good health, as much as u can be as a type-1. But associated probs, such as sight, nerve damage may lead such a person to be in need of one. Not sure about the hypo issue though.
I have a blue badge, nothing to do with my diabetes, but because I have RP(retinitis pigmentosa) resulting in night-blindness and loss of my peripheral vision. Most of the time I look far from disabled, I'm fairly young and healthy(ish),don't use a cane much, so I would probably seen as an abuser of the system. I just wanted to point out that disability comes in many forms, not always obvious to the onlooker.
Jus
ps My husband drives the car,not me