Families are being left without support after a suicide – and it’s causing more deaths
Those bereaved by suicide have a 65 per cent increased risk of taking their own lives. So why is there not more funding for support after tragedy strikes?
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Edinburgh Fringe faces criticism for lack of disabled access
Much of The Edinburgh Fringe programme remains inaccessible to disabled audiences, prompting criticism from campaigners and advocates as the 2022
Charity could consider legal action against UK Government over compulsory election ID
A Scottish disability charity will consider joining forces with other human rights organisations to take legal action against “discriminatory” and
Dramatic rise in deaths of those with home care prompts inquiry calls
The number of people receiving home care who died over the last year increased dramatically, prompting calls for their deaths
Human rights concerns raised over cuts to social care
Disabled and older people have been left to sleep in wheelchairs – or been unable to get out of bed, wash
Covid-19: Scotland ‘losing £15m a day from loss in women’s earnings’
Women have been forced to perform more unpaid labour during the Covid-19 crisis with their collective lost earnings or
Crucial services to disabled people cut due to coronavirus pandemic
Disabled people have been left feeling abandoned after being told that essential care packages would be suspended with immediate effect
‘An attack on human rights’: how austerity is eroding the lives of disabled people
For how long, wonders Alan Dick, can you stare at four walls before they start closing in? Seven years ago,
Revealed: £56m cuts to disability payments hit Scotland’s poorest hardest
Many of Scotland’s poorest communities have been hit hardest by cuts to disability benefits with over £56 million lost