Disabled place card for Cotswolds?

There are disabled parking places throughout the UK and the rest of Europe.
In general the traffic wardens will only recognised EU-issued parking permits, commonly known as "blue badges". EU permits are a standard design. The traffic warden would not be able to tell a valid Canadian permit from something you printed at home on your computer.

I would doubt your Canadian one will be valid.

We have a California (USA) blue plastic disabled sign/placard we hang from our review mirror. It has the symbol of someone in a wheelchair. Our daughter is disabled and we maybe taking a wheelchair with us. Her walking is limited.

Any suggestions?

I have not seen much consensus in previous forum discussions, nor much positive experience reported. You could contact info@disabledmotoringUK and/or one of the tourist info offices located near your destinations. I assume that you've already made parking plans with your hotel.

Maybe there will be loading zones, instead, or maybe you could risk blocking traffic while you load or unload passengers. (I'm not thinking of experience in Britain but of places in Italy and Greece where it seems to be common to double-park and just leave your hazard lights on while running an errand.) If an officer is directing traffic, ask.

Good advice Laura. We rented a house that has parking outside, so we will be fine there. So, yes, maybe just drop off at any place we want to visit and then hubby can park away and walk in. That's what we will plan. Maybe we will bring the plate just in case and ask when we get there.

Thanks!

I doubt you would have any trouble parking in dedicated spaces at attractions etc (eg National Trust) where they self-enforce, and you can check up. Parking in the street and overriding the normal restrictions might be more problematic.

We traveled thoughout England, Wales, and Scotland in 2012 & used my NC plastic handicap parking ID hanging from the rearview mirror. We never had a problem w/ on street parking using disabled spots. In fact, we had a couple of conversations w/ others parking alongside us who remarked that the hanging tag was a good idea and easily visible. I can also recommend the Shopmobility scheme found in large towns, like York & Stratford. Often located in a large parking garage, you can rent a motorized scooter there very reasonably. This made it possible for me to do walking tours that would have been too taxing just using my walker. In Bath the Shopmobility office is close to the pedestrianized area; we took a taxi from our hotel to Shopmobility. Additionally we found motorized scooters available at Battle of Hastings and Culloden which facilitated battlefield tours and museum visits.

Ultimately acceptance of non-EU model cards is at the discretion of the parking enforcement body, which in most but not all places these days is the local authority rather than the police. the list is here. You could try looking up where you are going to check out the policy, if there aren't too many.