We are looking for new people to join our team Are you someone with a learning disability? Do you want to make change happen? Do you or someone you know want to join our exciting team? SCLD wants to recruit up to 3 new members of the Include For Good rapporteur team! What is ‘Include For Good’? ‘Include For Good’ is …
People with learning disabilities continue to experience long-term, systemic discrimination. Their lives are deeply affected by this in so many ways from birth onwards. Despite some positive developments over the last 30 years, the Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD)’s latest report, ‘The State of Our Rights’, clearly shows that many people are unable to live the life …
Supported living for people with learning disabilities does not have to fit a prescribed model. There are few people who know this better than Kate and Louis Sainsbury, a mother and son who have found the ideal balance between independence and support, in Louis’s home, Appletree. Many people with learning disabilities face challenges in securing the right kind of support …
For Human Rights Day (10 December 2022) the British Institute of Human Rights have produced an easy read blog explaining how people with learning disabilities, their families and supporters can help to protect our Human Rights Act. What has happened so far? In 2020, the UK Government asked a team of experts to tell them if the Human Rights …
Human Rights Defenders Aaron Hume and Fiona Dawson interviewed Oonagh Brown about her experience representing the Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD) at the Universal Periodic Review of the United Kingdom at the United Nations… Aaron: For those who don’t know yet, who are you and what is your role at SCLD? My name is Oonagh Brown. I …
SCLD welcomes the recent publication of the final report of the independent Scottish Mental Health Law Review. You can download the easy read version here. The Review team have spoken to our Expert Group on a number of occasions, and SCLD has given detailed written feedback at each stage of the review. There are many important human rights issues at …
On 27 September, the Scottish Government published its Review of Supported Employment within Scotland. You can download SCLD’s easy read version here. Providing access to meaningful employment for disabled people, including people with learning disabilities, is critically important. This review looks at the role of supported employment in making paid employment accessible to everyone. SCLD’s Chief Executive, Charlie McMillan, chaired …
Dr Brodie Paterson is an experienced practitioner, researcher, and expert witness with degrees in psychology, education and social policy and has published more than a hundred papers, book chapters and research reports. He is currently Clinical Director of CALM Training, a specialist consultancy, support, and training provider to services supporting people whose distress may present as behaviour that challenges. In …
The legislative landscape in Scotland is becoming increasingly complex, but also ever more relevant to the daily lives of people with learning disabilities. It is important for the Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD) to set out our position as a human rights defender organisation. Today we have published a Position Statement to explore the context of the …
Earlier this year SCLD commissioned nine Project Ability artists to create a range of icons and illustrations which represented what human rights meant to them. Some of the artwork was initially displayed as a ‘human rights mural’ to mark Scottish Learning Disability Week 2022 and its human rights theme. We also wanted to use the artwork to update the SCLD website …
