To ensure those with disabilities are served properly, we need to know who is helping
Published Date:
28 August 2008
By David Williams
IN SCOTLAND there are estimated to be more than one million adults covered by the Disability Discrimination Act. (DDA). That’s one fifth of the population, and the figure does not include children. It’s a sizeable group, I’m sure you will agree.
This figure gives us a good idea of who would benefit from disability support services, but we still have no idea of how many disability organisations and groups provide these services or where they are based in Scotland. This could prevent people fr...
The full article contains 569 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
27 August 2008 6:28 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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