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SCLD has moved office. Our new contact details are:
Merchant Exchange
20 Bell Street
Glasgow
G1 1LG
0141 559 5720
This leaflet has been designed to give much needed information and advice to employers who have employed or are considering employing people diagnosed with Asperger's or other autism spectrum disorders. The leaflet has been developed in consultation with Borders Asperger and Autism Group Support (BAAGS) and sponsored by Integrated Children's Services.
Every four years, each country has to tell the Human Rights Council at the United Nations about what they have been doing to protect and promote human rights. This is called Universal Periodic Review (UPR). It is the UK’s turn soon.
The Human Rights Council also likes to know what charities and non-governmental organisations think about how well the UK, including Scotland, is doing on human rights. SCLD wanted to tell the Human Rights Council about the human rights of people with...
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Renfrewshire Community Health Partnership have made an easy read guide to bowel screening. It is an accessible guide to inform people with learning disabilities how to do a bowel screening test. You can download a copy of Bowel screening made here here...
SCLD's Annual Report for 2010/2011 has just been published. Read it here or download the attachment at the bottom of the page.
SCLD, along with our partners, have produced a joint briefing on the issue of further education places for people with learning disabilities.
The main points in this briefing are:
• In Scotland, part-time courses for people with learning disabilities have been cut by more than a third and most students were given very little notice that their college place was being cut. However, full-time courses have seen a slight increase
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SCLD and NHS Education for Scotland have just launched a website called Better Info, Better Lives. This website contains accessible social care information for people with learning disabilities, their families and people who work with them. The website has lots of information on services and support and all the information is easy to understand. Topics on the website include employment, housing and transitions. The website is clear and accessible so that it is...
Our Food for thought DVD is now available to watch online. The messages in the film are not all about 5 a day or giving up all the things you like. They show people enjoying healthy eating, cooking and spending time with family and friends. They also show how eating a healthier diet could improve your life.
Joint SCLD Briefing on the impact of changes to the funding of students with learning disabilities within Scottish Further Education
SCLD and our partners have published a breifing about college cuts and the affect this is having on students with learning disabilities. You can download the Joint Briefing or click on the attachment...
This consultation seeks views on the recommendations in the report 'Getting in, staying in and getting on'. This was an independent report on specialist disability employment programmes. An easy read version of this report is available here...
This public consultation applies to England, Wales and Scotland....