Why SCLD exists
The Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities’ (SCLD) vision is of a fairer Scotland where people with learning disabilities live full, safe, loving and equal lives.
We are a human rights defender, working to uphold, protect and raise awareness of the human rights of people with learning disabilities.
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Rights. Equality. Inclusion.
Rights. Equality. Inclusion. sets out SCLD’s priorities for building a Scotland where everyone with a learning disability can live a full, safe, loving, and equal life. Our priorities are evidence-based and have been shaped by people with learning disabilities, their families and the organisations that support them. We have identified four key areas we think will make the biggest difference in addressing the long-standing inequalities and discrimination people with learning disabilities experience: Human rights and law reform to tackle
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Meet Rachel
Hi! My name is Rachel and I’m SCLD’s Administration and Compliance Officer. Having only started this role last month, I am learning the ways of my role here at SCLD, supporting the team with their projects and leading my own tasks. The team at SCLD are very lovely, and I feel very welcomed to the team. When I spotted
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Housing and the Right to Independent Living
The historic policy of institutionalisation kept many people with learning disabilities on the margins of society. It isolated them from family and denied them everyday opportunities to participate in community life. In many cases, they were left vulnerable to neglect and abuse. Thankfully, the last 25 years have seen huge change: most people with learning disabilities now live in the
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The 10th and 11th of December are International Digital Rights Days.
SCLD’s research report Our Right to be Techy! highlighted that people with learning disabilities are a group whose rights are most at risk from the digital transformation taking place across health, social care and beyond. But we believe that with the right tools and support, people with learning disablities can be supported to get online and access new technology.
Today at DigiFest, SCLD, Scottish Care and North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership will be demonstrating the Let’s Link! toolkit - our practical, relationship-centred tool that enables people with learning disabilities and their supporters to build digital skills and knowledge in engaging, accessible and empowering ways.
Alongside Let’s Link! we will also share our framework for embedding and scaling the tool and a best practice guide, with insights from North Ayrshire.
The Let’s Link! toolkit, framework and best practice guide have been developed as part of our collaborative Care Connector (Learning Disability) project, exploring how we embed digital inclusion for people with learning disabilities across North Ayrshire, and beyond, to support people to live the lives they choose and be more connected to their community.
To read more about that project please visit our website: zurl.co/czhWV
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