Independent Living in Scotland (ILiS) is @InclusionScot's development and innovation team
Scotland
Joined November 2011
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So proud to launch a bill today to give young disabled people #AFightingChance at a future, with a right to a transition plan to support them to achieve their aspirations.
Thank you @InclusionScot @CamphillScot @DifferabledScot for your support & hard work getting us here.
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Sad to see @WeAreBrightBlue join the ranks of organisations hosting debates about the future of social care without involving anyone whose expertise derives from drawing on it brightblue.org.uk/care-after…
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“The pandemic has entrenched existing inequalities and created new ones but I think most have just had a wee taste of what it’s long been like for disabled people, being unable to go where they want whenever they want to.”
@SalWitcher @InclusionScot
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More evidence of the value of #LivedExperience !
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Our CEO Sally Witcher on #bbcgms today talking on the impact of #COVID19 on people relying on soc care support & who 'at risk' people actually are- not just older people, also workers, pple looking after others, delivering services, employers. 54 mins in bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000gc…
No-deal Brexit could cause ‘fatal’ medicine shortages, health unions warn independent.co.uk/news/healt…
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Making people aware of what a no-deal Brexit might mean for Scots disabled people has never been never more important as UK Parliament will now be suspended. Read our article about what a no-deal might mean for disabled people - thirdforcenews.org.uk/tfn-ne…
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Everywhere you look there is breaking Brexit news and predictions of what will happen next - in this chaos and clamour, who is considering the potentially life-threatening consequences to disabled people of leaving the EU without a deal? #Brexit
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Disabled People "...feel frozen out of the debate around Brexit as the threat of no-deal grows by the hour, a charity has said."
Read more at thirdforcenews.org.uk/tfn-ne…
#NoDealUncertainty
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Leaving the EU without an agreement will have drastic and wide-ranging implications for citizens, and communities, across the entire UK. We deserve to be heard!
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Today we have joined forces are with over 85 civil society orgs from across the UK to express our grave concerns about the impacts of a no-deal Brexit in an open letter to @BorisJohnson
#NoDealUncertainty
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As the Queen agrees to suspend the UK parliament we are increasingly concerned about implications to disabled people of crashing out of the EU without a deal. Read our statement of principles for a Brexit that protects our human rights - ilis.co.uk/uploads/Brexit%20…
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I’ve only spent 25 years stopping thousands of Glaswegians being evicted or repossessed from their homes. Got £1.7bn back in bank charges for free. Wrote the payday loan & bedroom tax guides that were downloaded hundreds of thousands of times. Yet GCC want to cut our funding.
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Advocates of Basic Income: an essential meeting to engage with the real issues, challenges & fears faced by disabled people & their organisations. We must listen & understand their concerns, then co-produce proposals so that no one is left behind or suffers detriment. @cbinscot
Our pop-up think tank ‘friend or foe? – Basic Income and disabled people has just kicked off this morning. Listening to introductions and already it's clear that we've lots of different perspectives in the room. #PUT #ThursdayThoughts #BasicIncome #HumanRights
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Announcing our Highland Summit on 5 July. An interactive and inclusive event exclusively for disabled people, allied organisations and local decision makers. Get tickets at bit.ly/InclusionHighSummit
#InclusionHighSummit #ScottishHighlands #DisabilityRights @InclusionHigh
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@DavidJ_Brindle is right. Failure to build accessible homes is a false economy. The picture is a bit better in Scotland but most housing stock still doesn’t meet even basic access standards. A new design standard for all new homes is needed NOW! theguardian.com/society/2019…
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Job Grants for young disabled people - the Scottish Government wants to hear your views. Inclusion Scotland is hosting a chat for young disabled people to talk about their employment experiences and find out about the proposals.
🔗 Find out more here: tinyurl.com/y2a9r5p3
In Belfast for a Brexit, devolution and civil society conference - look forward to discussing the implications of Brexit to Scots disabled people @InclusionScot
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@scottishlabour #Housing Commission discusses accessible homes and the problems for disabled people adapting homes or buying accessible homes. Now listening to Susie Fitton Independant Living Scotland
