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 …
In an increasingly digital world, it is important that people with learning disabilities are empowered with the tools and knowledge they need to take advantage of the opportunities digital presents. In 2022 SCLD was given funding by the Scottish Government Digital Health and Care Directorate’s Technology Enabled Care (TEC) Programme, to consider how digital technology can transform the lives of people with …
Scottish Learning Disability Week 2024 will take place on Monday 6th – Sunday 12th May The theme is ‘Digital Transformation’ – encouraging us to think about the digital world and how it is used by people with learning disabilities. Since the Covid-19 Pandemic, the way we all use digital and technology in our daily lives has changed hugely. For some …
As we have seen recently during this month’s Co-Production Week Scotland, coproduction is increasingly used when designing and delivering care services. So, could it also be used when it comes to making decisions on government policies and law? When decisions have life changing impacts for people, it’s essential that decision-making processes involve the people they impact, especially when these decisions …
To mark the beginning of the United Nations 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence, SCLD is raising awareness of the experiences of women and girls with learning disabilities, as well as answering the Campaign’s call, by showing how we are investing to prevent violence and abuse against women and girls with learning disabilities. Recently, we have worked with …
Introducing Kelly! SCLD’s Head of Business Development… “Hello, my name is Kelly, and I am delighted to join the team at the Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD) as Head of Business Development. Before I tell you more about me, I must say a huge thank you to everyone I have met so far, both in the …
As part of National Hate Crime Awareness Week (14th – 21st October) SCLD and partners have launched a short film titled, ‘We are More’, about people with learning disabilities’ experiences of hate crime disability hate crime. Sadly hate crime is part of the daily experiences of many people with learning disabilities, who are more likely to experience all forms of …
Remember My Name, the report from the Serious Case Review into the life of Margaret Fleming, highlights a number of serious issues for people with learning disabilities, their families and all of us who want Scotland to be a place where everyone matters equally. The question of how a young woman with a learning disability can disappear for seventeen years …
The Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD) has published our response to the Human Rights (Scotland) Bill consultation, which closed on 5th October 2023. Our response summarises the opportunities and challenges the Bill presents for the human rights of people with learning disabilities in Scotland. As part of our response process, SCLD produced briefings on the Human Rights …
SCLD has invited a range of stakeholders and partners to share their thoughts on our recent state-of-the-nation report on the human rights of people with learning disabilities, The State of Our Rights. To bring our series to a close, we are hearing from two members of SCLD’s Human Rights Lived Experience Board, Leeanne Clark and Sandy Stark. Over the last few …
SCLD has invited a range of stakeholders and partners to share their thoughts on our recent state-of-the-nation report on the human rights of people with learning disabilities, The State of Our Rights. Each week we have been sharing these meditations in a blog series. This week it’s the turn of Lucy Mulvagh, Director at the Health and Social Care Alliance for …
