Removing Barriers and Creating Opportunities

After a two-year inquiry into the barriers to participation faced by disabled people, the Equal Opportunities Committee of the Scottish Parliament today published its disability inquiry report. Centering on the issues of work, further and higher education and leisure, the report examines the barriers caused by inaccessible transport, poor physical access and attitudes towards disabled people.
Committee convener Cathy Peattie MSP said: "The committee has gathered extensive evidence about the barriers to participation faced by disabled people across the length and breadth of the country. We believe that these far-reaching recommendations for change listed in the report will result in real improvements in the lives of disabled people in Scotland and we challenge all organisations named in the report to raise their service provision to a level which ensures equal access to all disabled people.”

Easy-Read summary (.pdf) can be found here; the full (web-based) report is here.

Source: Scottish Parliament, 28 November 2006