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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📢 Inclusive design and access to mainstream services for People with Learning Disabilities
From digital exclusion to inaccessible communication to low employment rates, people with learning disabilities still face barriers and discrimination created by our society and its systems.
As the Include For Good Rapporteurs remind us:
Inclusivity needs to be the norm, not the novelty.”
Rights. Equality. Inclusion. SCLD’s priorities for change call for:
🔹 The introduction of an accreditation scheme for publicly funded organisations to be learning disability inclusive
🔹 Embedded digital inclusion across public services
🔹 Continue to fund Delivering Equally Safe to support women & girls with learning disabilities
🔹 Provide holistic and inclusive family support as committed to in The Promise
Scotland must ensure that people with learning disabilities can fully participate in society by making services, workplaces, and digital spaces truly inclusive.
We are urging everyone to engage with our priorities for change:
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👉 Rights. Equality. Inclusion. and consider what role you might play in shaping a fairer future for people with learning disabilities.
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