One in Five has decided to conclude our campaign. We at One in Five are immensely proud of what we achieved as a non-funded, grassroots, cross-party political campaign. Did the campaign succeed? Yes and no. Ultimately we haven’t seen a significant increase in the numbers of disabled people in elected office but when we started…

By Seumas Skinner, SNP activist. I’d never heard the phrase “Asperger’s Syndrome” before I was diagnosed at high school. I can’t even say I was really aware of Autism or other neurological disabilities then. Like everyone else at school, I just wanted to fit in, and being told that I was medically, genetically and behaviourally…

New project to tackle underrepresentation of disabled people in politics.  New funding of £35,305 will help disabled people participate in politics.    Disabled people, a group which is under-represented within elected offices across Scotland, will now get extra support to help encourage participation and representation. The wide ranging support for increasing disabled people’s representation in politics…