"Zoe loves to go out and do the normal things, she loves to go shopping and she's particularly keen on garden centres or the local wetlands centre," said Mrs Markham, 62.
"I don't think the government fully understands what it's like for people who live in residential care. They would love not to need the money, but to have any independence they need to be able to get about, pay for trips and transport.
"Although Zoe's severely disabled she's a bright, happy human being who likes living life."
Mrs Markham, who moved to Rustington with her husband, Howard, a retired maths teacher, to be near her daughter, said the mobility allowance helped pay for the upkeep of Zoe's second-hand wheelchair-adapted vehicle.
"She can drive her wheelchair in and we, or her brother, can then drive her. The money pays for the insurance and petrol and the MOT and servicing. That's the main part of how she uses it," she said.
"We as her family have always fought for Zoe, like so many families with disabled children, and now we're having to do it again."
Tim Williamson, 64, a former recruitment consultant who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis and lives in the same care home, said he was worried he would not have the same quality of life if he lost the mobility allowance.
"Recently I went to see Australia play England at Twickenham. That cost �38 for the transport," said the married father of two.
"At Christmas I went to be with my family and the taxi back cost about �90, so the money goes very easily. Without it I wouldn't be able to get out.
"It is a dramatic cut, it takes away our independence."
Peter Bottomley, the Conservative MP for Rustington, who has visited St Bridget's to listen to the concerns, said: "All they would be left with is �22 a week, and that cannot meet their mobility needs as well as their personal needs.
"They will run out of money and their homes can then become a prison. They deserve mobility just as much as I do."
Mr Bottomley added that he expected the government's proposals would be changed to resolve any "unintended problems". However a spokesman for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) insisted there would be no changes.
The cut will form part of the Welfare Reform Bill, which is due before parliament imminently and aims to reduce the �12 billion yearly spend on disability living allowance (DLA), through which the mobility allowance is paid.
Rebecca Rennison, senior policy officer at Leonard Cheshire Disability, which has organised a week of campaigning against the cut, starting today, said: "If the Government cuts this mobility payment for people living in residential care it will deny thousands of disabled people their independence and leave many trapped at home.
"While the money saved will be a fraction of the Government's overall spending cuts, the impact on individual lives will be devastating and we are calling on the Government to rethink its decision."
A spokesman for the DWP said: "The Government is committed to protecting DLA for the future and ensuring that the �12 billion spent on it every year goes where it is needed the most.
"We know that there can be varying levels of support in care homes and we will be working with disability organisations about this change to ensure that disabled people have their individual mobility needs met."
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