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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SDEF job opportunity - Network Development Officer

UK ratification of UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Scottish Parliamentarian lodges motion on UN Convention

15/11/08 - Unions push for more pledges on Post Office

14/11/08 - The Post Office victory is just the beginning

13/11/08 - Disabled parking law wins backing: Proposed legislation which would see people fined for wrongly parking in disabled bays has moved a step closer to becoming law

11/11/08 - Why don't you understand?

9/11/08 - Betraying the disabled

6/11/08 - Euthanasia is too much of an easy answer

06/11/08 - Nothing to Sniff At: The Scottish Government’s plans to deal with a flu pandemic and its impact on people with disabilities

04/11/08 - GPs get £100 for checks on people with learning difficulties

03/11/08 - Common drug may slow brain disease

31/10/08 - MSP plans bill to legalise assisted suicide

29/10/08 - MS woman loses assisted suicide court case

28/10/08 - Mental health sufferers hard hit by new benefit rules, charities warn

25/10/08 - Campaign to recruit disability foster carers starts.

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to recruit urgently needed foster carers in Edinburgh to look after children with disabilities and complex needs.

22/11/08 - Q&A: Welfare-to-work benefit changes

22/10/08 - Denial of the right to die is sheer religious primitivism

22/10/08 - Firm action needed to remove stigma

22/10/08 - Don't leave disabled people out in the cold

20/10/08 - Call for euthanasia to be legal in UK

8/10/08 - Jonathan Shaw MP replaces Ann McGuire MP as UK Minister for Disabled People

8/10/08 - Diabetes costs NHS £1m an hour, charity says

7/10/08 - MS sufferer asks court to clarify the law on assisted suicide

7/10/08 - Let this woman die as she chooses, not in a death plant

3/10/08 - A Fare Deal is a new campaign that calls on the Scottish Government to extend free bus travel for older and disabled people to include demand responsive community transport

01/10/08 - The sixth giant

15/08/08 - NHS is failing the over-50s, claims university study

15/08/08 - Fuel bill subsidy vouchers to be targeted at poorest families

20/06/08 - Accessibility Deadlines Set For UK Government Websites

All new UK public sector websites must conform to at least 'AA' accessibility standards as specified by the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, according to guidance published this month by the Cabinet Office.