Learning disability, Human Rights and the Law in Scotland (360G-CR-1635710)

There are an estimated 120,000 children and adults with learning disabilities in Scotland. (SCLD 2103). People 1st Scotland report a recent backward trend in the treatment of PWLD. Operating through an inclusive model, with lived experience at the centre of the process, People 1st Scotland propose to work through its national membership, to draft new a law under the United National Convention on the Rights of Person’s with Disabilities. The proposal will enable PWLD to engage in widespread discussions on issues and legislations that directly affect them. The new legal framework will allow PWLD to be seen as human beings and treated as such, rather than as “mentally disordered”.