One year on from their launch, the cross party campaign group One in Five, rallied together outside the Scottish Parliament today to remind Scotland’s Political Parties of their commitments to address the under-representation of disabled people in politics and the need to put disabled people’s rights at the heart of the campaign for Holyrood. Since their launch…

By Sandra Webster, National Co-Spokesperson for Scottish Socialist Party This week the world has circled round the sun for another 52 weeks and it is again time for Carer’s week. It is a time when what carers do is celebrated. It usually has a theme and this year it is Carer friendly communities. If all…

Kevin Johnson President & CEO Starbucks Coffee Company     Monsieur le Président, Sujet: pailles en plastique pour les personnes handicapées Il y a tout juste un mois vous indiquiez que l’intention de Starbucks d’éliminer les pailles en plastique à usage unique d’ici 2020 à échelle mondiale avait créé une préoccupation importante parmi la communauté…

By Hannah Bettsworth, Campaigner and Liberal Democrat My disability is an invisible one – dyspraxia, also known as Developmental Co-ordination Disorder, a specific learning difficulty. The single most common thing I get asked is ‘is that like dyslexia?’ The answer is – no, not really. It’s part of the same group of disorders, but the person who…