Disability Equality Scotland At 20: Easy Read Easy Read versions can support more people to read and understand your information.  Reaching a wider audience – what organisation doesn’t like that? It’s mainly used by people with a learning disability, but Easy Read is also useful for people with other communication difficulties including: people who find reading difficult people with cognitive impairments such as dementia people with hearing impairment whose first language is British Sign Language (BSL) people who do not speak English as their first language It’s often a go-to document for anyone to get the main points of a
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Disability Equality Scotland At 20: Hate Crime Charter As a national membership organisation, Disability Equality Scotland (DES), is continually focussed on the needs of disabled people and disability groups/organisations. One of our most significant projects over the last couple of years has very much built on this lived experience by members (and others) in the challenges of using public transport and of being a victim of hate crime. There is currently no single accepted definition of the term ‘Hate Crime’ however Scottish Government and Police Scotland use this definition: “Any crime which is perceived by the victim or any other
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Disability Equality Scotland At 20: Inclusive Communication Spotlight During our 20 years as a national Disabled People’s Organisation, we have made sure that ‘accessibility’ is considered in the widest possible sense. This includes making sure that there is an awareness and understanding of having information available in accessible formats. It is also about having communication support available when required. This approach is known as ‘Inclusive Communication’. It is a way of ensuring that as many people as possible can be included in an interaction. It allows people to use whatever ways of understanding and expressing themselves which they find easiest.
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Disability Equality Scotland At 20: Young Membership Spotlight We want to help start a wider discussion about the experiences of young disabled people in Scotland and we need your help. Our Young Membership category space for people aged 12-17 is important as young disabled people are underrepresented within work on both youth and disability which further marginalises them. There are not a lot of spaces where young disabled people can discuss topics that are important to them and this is what we are looking to build. Through having a youth membership space, young disabled people will be able to discuss
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Disability Equality Scotland at 20: Access Panel Spotlight Disability Equality Scotland celebrates its 20th anniversary this year – a milestone for the organisation and for disabled people in Scotland. Throughout the past two decades, Disability Equality Scotland has been working hard to ensure that disabled people have access to the same opportunities as everyone else. That work though simply couldn’t have been done without the Access Panel Network. Access Panels are the heart and soul of Disability Equality Scotland and  the 20th anniversary is a chance to recognise and celebrate the contribution of they’ve made in ensuring that disabled people’s
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