Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living
A user-controlled organisation which supports disabled people to live independently...
Independent living means disabled people of all ages having the same freedom, choice, dignity and control as other citizens at home, at work, and in the community. It does not mean living by yourself or fending for yourself. It means rights to practical assistance and support to participate in society and live an ordinary life.
In the News
Disabled Parents Need More Support
Too young to care - Disabled parents need more support to ensure their children aren't forced to become carers, writes Emma Bowler.
Source: The Guardian
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Government to Recruit People with Learning Difficulties
Scheme launched to get learning disabled into work - Government departments to be issued with guidance to encourage wider recruitment of people with learning disabilities.
Source: The Guardian
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Tackling Barriers to Employment
Willing and able - The disabled population's desire to work is not matched by the number of jobs available. What is being done to redress the balance?
Source: The Guardian
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Traditional Service Providers Need to Give Money and Control To Disabled People
Individual thinking - Independent care for disabled people has evolved as far as it can in its current guise. But are providers ready to take the next step? The concept of independent living for disabled people is at a major crossroads. To head decisively in the desired direction, traditional service providers and commissioners must now accept their ultimate challenge - handing over the power and money to disabled people for them to control themselves.
Source: The Guardian
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More Progress Needed in Quest for Equality for Disabled People
The quest for equality - Significant steps have been made in the past 15 years to create a genuine state of equality in which disabled people can thrive. But this is no time to be complacent.
Source: The Guardian
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Dignitas Challenged Over Assisted Suicide Policy
Suicide clinic challenged over patients who could have lived 'for decades' - Renewed calls for debate over assisted suicide. GPs' leader 'horrified' by Dignitas revelations. Senior doctors will tomorow express concern over the number of Britons suffering from non fatal illnesses such as rheumatoid arthritis and kidney disease who have used the Swiss suicide service, Dignitas.
Source: The Guardian
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Benefit Claimants Still Seen as Scoungers
Benefit claimants 'still seen as scroungers', research shows - The perception of people on benefits as "scroungers" is as deep-rooted as ever, while there is broad public tolerance of the wealthy even in a recession, research has found. Echoing the Victorian concept of the "deserving" and "undeserving" poor, negative perceptions of benefit claimants were countered by strong sympathy for the working poor and for groups such as carers.
Source: The Guardian
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Public Sector Should Increase Diversity of Work Force
Government aims high with diversity targets - Harriet Harman tells public sector employers to stop 'fishing in same pool' and increase representation of women, ethnic minorities and disabled people on the payroll.
Source: The Guardian
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