Posted on Friday, March 3rd, 2023
The Scottish Government recently published a consultation about the mobility component of Adult Disability Payment (ADP). The consultation asks questions about the mobility criteria and people’s experience of applying for, claiming and being transferred to ADP. Inclusion Scotland will be…
Read More: Adult Disability Payment – Have your say on the mobility component →
Posted on Monday, January 16th, 2023
From not being able to heat their homes, to cutting down on using things like electric wheelchairs and oxygen machines, disabled people are struggling with the cost of living crisis. Our new report reveals how disabled people are coping with…
Read More: Cost of living crisis hits disabled people hard- New Report Published. →
Posted on Thursday, December 1st, 2022
In this series of three short films, we highlight our learning about remote working and running online meetings throughout the pandemic. We explore some of the main issues and barriers faced by disabled people working remotely and attending online meetings….
Read More: Inclusion Scotland’s guide to remote working and online meetings. →
Posted on Monday, August 15th, 2022
‘Locked in the Hospital’ – Tonight (15 August 2022), BBC Scotland airs a documentary exposing stories of disabled people locked into hospitals, far from home, and their families’ fight to get them home. Inclusion Scotland, C-Change Scotland and other Scottish…
Posted on Friday, March 18th, 2022
This report is the culmination of a six-month project undertaken by Inclusion Scotland and a Steering Group of Disabled People’s Organisations and other third sector organisations to write a report to send to the United Nations Committee on the Rights…
Read More: Inclusion Scotland launches the UNCRPD Scottish Civil Society report →
Posted on Tuesday, January 11th, 2022
It’s now 2022 and disabled people still do not enjoy our rights to access, inclusion and participation. Inclusion Scotland’s Annual Conference last October looked at what is happening to our rights and what needs to change. Read our Conference report…
Posted on Tuesday, December 14th, 2021
By Mairi Edwards Let me start off my saying that I had never considered myself disabled or as having a learning disability. I had only just been diagnosed when I came across the WeCanWork internships. At first, I did not…
Posted on Thursday, December 2nd, 2021
This International Day for Disabled People, we are celebrating lived experience initiated, developed and led change! Get ready for our new series which will be shared in instalments over the next fortnight: Disability Inclusion a New Narrative. We went to…
Read More: Disability Inclusion a New Narrative Video Series. →
Posted on Wednesday, October 20th, 2021
Inclusion Scotland have been working for the past year to highlight that disabled Scots stand to be hit hard by climate change but are often excluded or disadvantaged by actions to address it. Ahead of the 26th Conference of the…
Read More: Inclusion Scotland publishes climate change report ahead of COP 26 →
Posted on Thursday, October 14th, 2021
Nothing about us without us! Disabled people’s human rights in Scotland. Take part in our survey and come along to an event to tell the United Nations what life is really like for disabled people in Scotland today. Inclusion Scotland…
Read More: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Disabled People →
