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The Scottish Disability Equality Forum works for social inclusion in Scotland through the removal of barriers and the promotion of equal access for people affected by disability.

We are a membership organisation, representing individuals with any type of impairment, disability organisations and groups who share our values. We aim to ensure the voices of people affected by disability are heard and heeded.

SDEF promotes access in its widest sense: access to the built and natural environment and access to the same opportunities as are enjoyed by other people in our community.

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24/04/08 - Job Opportunity with North Lanarkshire Disability Forum

24/04/08 - 2008 Mobility Roadshow April 25 and 26, Royal Highland Show Centre, Edinburgh

24/04/08 - Ability Fest - The Festival of Opportunities for Disabled People takes place May 16,  2008 in the Radisson-SAS Hotel, Argyle Street, Glasgow from 10am until 4pm

24/04/08 - Mental health: Survey finds 1 in 4 teenagers depressed

22/04/08 Job Opportunity  - Paths for All Partnership Technical Officer - Alloa

17/04/08 Scottish Government Written Answers regarding disability representation on PTUC and dissolution of MACS

01/04/08 - New Parking Rules at Braehead

27/03/08 - SDEF Wheelchair Parliamentary Reception great success

14/03/08 - 2.6m on incapacity benefits face tough 'back to work' tests

11/02/08 - UK Government has not taken its positive obligations under the ECHR seriously and has failed to dismiss human rights myths, says Committee

11/02/08 – Barnardo’s launches ADHD E-learning programme

06/02/08 - Target practice. There are calls to cut the benefits paid to older and disabled people and move the cash to social services departments to pay for their care. But could it work?

04/02/08 - Centre to improve patient care

01/02/08 – Government proposes dissolution of Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland

01/02/08 -  Better planning and funding needed to sustain Scotland’s free personal care

31/01/08 - Great expectations. Those who look after family members with an illness or disability have high hopes for the government's proposed New Deal for Carers, says Judith Cameron

23/01/08 - ‘Your Call’ - a counselling service first for Scotland

17/01/08 - Human-animal embryos to be created in UK

11/01/08 - Wheelchair Service gains budget line in Spending Review

11/01/08 - Sunrise Medical to pull out of Dundee

10/12/07 The cycle of deprivation - New research has found that legislation intended to tackle discrimination against people with disabilities has actually increased inequalities. Clare Bambra explains

03/12/07 - NHS accused over human rights of people with learning disabilities

 

30/11/07 - 2,000 jobs to go as Remploy factories shut

 

29/11/07 - Professor Alan Miller appointed as the first chair of the Scottish commission for human rights

 

21/11/07 - Carers Scotland and Carers UK spells out a new social contract for carers

 

15/11/07 - Leonard Cheshire launches Creature Discomforts Campaign to change public perceptions of disability

 

09/11/07 - update to the national guidance on self-directed support which takes account of a change in legislation concerning the employment of close relatives

07/11/07 - Celtic Nations Autism Partnership (CNAP) launched

07/11/07 - Big firms urge tax breaks and vouchers for working carers

07/11/07 - Millions may get right to flexible work

06/11/07 - Children in Scotland to find out if children and young people are getting the right help with their learning in North Ayrshire

06/11/07 - Single Equalities Bill delayed

30/10/07 - Social care system is failing four million working age carers

26/10/07- Cervical cancer vaccine, which prevents the development of some of the strains of the Human Papiloma Virus (HPV)  is to be offered to all girls who are under 18 in 2008

25/10/07 – Ministers meet disabled children and young people at listening event

18/10/07 - Future of free personal care for the elderly is in jeopardy after Argyll and Bute Council court ruling

18/10/07 - European Court of Justice rules disability benefits will be paid to customers who move from the UK to live in another country within the European Economic Area

02/10/07 - Farewell to former equality commissions

02/10/07 - New law to tackle hate crime proposed by Greens

01/10/07 - Nearly half of Britons "feel discriminated against" says new Commission

01/10/07 - Research reveals reasons behind the abuse of parking reserved for use by disabled people in off-street car parks in Scotland

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