2018 is the Year of Young People in Scotland – is life for young disabled people getting better? From facing negative attitudes from others, experiencing hate crime, struggling to get the right care and support, feeling socially isolated, facing difficulties travelling via public transport, or getting into and on at work, young disabled people in… Continue Reading #OurInclusiveScotland campaign
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Accessibility, Engagement, Events, Intersectionality, News, Young disabled people | Comments are Closed | 9 November, 2018 | 0
Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning (DRILL) is the world’s first major research programme led by disabled people. It is a 5-year, Big Lottery Funded, UK-wide programme. The programme partners are: Disability Rights UK (England), Disability Wales, Disability Action Northern Ireland and Inclusion Scotland. About the research The four DRILL partners are carrying out… Continue Reading Inclusion Scotland looking for disabled people who have been treated unfairly to take part in research project
Do you think your ideas and lived experience of adult social care support could make a difference to how decisions are made in Scotland in the future? We do! If you do too, join us to help set the agenda, inform decisions and shape adult health and social care support services in the future. We… Continue Reading Health, Social Care Support and Integration Policy Panel
Engagement, News, Poverty, Rights and Legal Issues, Social Security | Comments are Closed | 24 August, 2018 | 0
In November the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Professor Philip Alston, will undertake an official visit to the UK at the invitation of the UK Government. His visit will focus on the links between poverty and the realization of human rights in the United Kingdom. The Special Rapporteur is… Continue Reading UN Human Rights and Poverty – What is your experience?
Engagement, Human Rights, News, Policy and Parliament, Resources, Rights and Legal Issues | Comments are Closed | 23 August, 2018 | 0
What does the Scottish Government need to do on our human rights? In August 2017, the United Nations Committee reviewed how well the UK is preforming on disability rights and how it is meeting its obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The Committee set out recommendations for the… Continue Reading Human Rights: What’s next for Scotland? Report
Employability and Civic Participation, Engagement, News, We Can Work News | Comments are Closed | 30 November, 2017 | 0
What is the #myworkstory campaign? On Friday 1 December 2017, Independent Living in Scotland, part of Inclusion Scotland, is launched #myworkstory, a social media campaign to encourage disabled people to get talking about being themselves at work. The campaign marks International Day of Disabled People 2017 on 3rd December 2017, and will use the experiences shared… Continue Reading #myworkstory campaign
Our new Manifesto for Inclusion April 2017 is now available for the upcoming Local Council elections on 4th May 2017. Despite being rich in natural resources, talent and cultural heritage, Scotland remains scarred by poverty, inequality, discrimination and exclusion. One of the groups worst affected is disabled people. We are still largely excluded from many areas of Scottish… Continue Reading Manifesto for Inclusion – Local Government Elections May 2017
Successive British governments and other public bodies are failing to fulfill pledges they signed up to under a major international disability rights convention, campaigners have told a United Nations (UN) committee. A range of disability rights groups have submitted a “shadow report” to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities after extensive… Continue Reading Disabled People hold UK Government to account over human rights