6.7 out of 10
Legal capacity can be fully removed, but people with intellectual disabilities are able to vote and stand for elections.
Most adults with intellectual disabilities live in smaller institutions.
Some adults with intellectual disabilities live with their family and they receive little support. Some live in their own place.
Most children with intellectual disabilities go to mainstream schools, but still many go to special schools.
Very few people with an intellectual disability have a job on the open labour market and they risk to lose their disability benefits when earning their own salary.
People with intellectual disabilities have access to general healthcare and easy-to-read information is available.
People with intellectual disabilities are well represented within disability organisations. Enable Scotland receives government funding for their advocacy work.
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People cannot work more than 16 hours before there is an impact on their benefits.
There is access to health services, but there remain significant health inequalities, with people with learning disabilities living on average 20 years less than the rest of the population.
| Mainstream education | 11,789 |
|---|---|
| Special education | 4,587 |
| No education | 0 |
| Larger institutions | 300 |
| Smaller institutions | 12,000 |
| Small care homes | * |
| Psychiatric hospitals | 75 |
The indicator on representation is changed to better fit the national context of Scotland as it is part of the United Kingdom.
These are the reported or estimated numbers of the country. In most cases, in reality, the numbers will be higher as the data is underreported or missing entirely.
7.7 out of 10
People with intellectual disabilities should have support to make decisions and keep their legal capacity. People with intellectual disabilities can vote and stand for elections, voting is made accessible.
Few adults with intellectual disabilities live in smaller institutions, small care homes and psychiatric hospitals. The plan to close institutions is followed by the government.
Few adults with intellectual disabilities live with their family, few live in their own home. Some support available for families. Disability benefits go to the person with disability. There is a mechanism to assess quality of services.
Most children with intellectual disabilities go to mainstream schools, few go to special schools. There is a strategy towards inclusive education.
A small number of people with intellectual disability have a job on the open labour market, work in ‘protected employment’ or attend daycare, most stay at home. People risk losing disability benefits when earning money. ‘Protected employment” pays minimum wage.
Most people with intellectual disabilities have access to healthcare, easy-to-read information is available. People should have freedom of choice on reproductive health, but there are not enough resources to inform decisions. People with intellectual disabilities cannot be forcibly sterilised.
People with intellectual disabilities are part of the national-cross disability organisation and there is a person with an intellectual disability on the board/ council. Enable receives government funding for advocacy work.
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There is a commitment to removing delayed discharge and out of area accommodation, but this has been slow moving to date.
Only 7% of people who have a learning disability are in paid employment, compared with 70% who confirm they would like to work.
These are the reported or estimated numbers of the country. In most cases, in reality, the numbers will be higher as the data is underreported or missing entirely.
7.5 out of 10
Legal capacity can be partially removed, but it does not limit the right to vote or to stand for elections. Voting is made accessible.
Some adults with intellectual disabilities live in small care homes and some live in psychiatric hospitals.
Many adults with intellectual disabilities live with their family. Many live in their own place. After parents can no longer provide support, there is a plan to live independently. Disability benefits go to the person with an intellectual disability. There is a user-driven and understandable mechanism to assess quality of services.
Most children with intellectual disabilities go to mainstream schools. Some go to special schools. There is a national strategy towards inclusive education.
Some people with intellectual disability have a job on the open labour market and some work in ‘protected employment’. People risk losing disability benefits when earning money. ‘Protected employment’ pays at least minimum wage.
Most people with intellectual disabilities have access to healthcare, but there is a significant gap in health outcomes between people with intellectual disabilities and the rest of the population. People have freedom of choice on reproductive health. People with intellectual disabilities cannot be forcibly sterilised.
People with intellectual disabilities are part of the national cross-disability organisation, but there is no person with an intellectual disability on the board/council. Enable receives government funding for advocacy work.
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Too many people with intellectual disabilities who wish to work are still not given the opportunity - and most of the support comes through the work of charities, which carries challenges around funding.
Healthcare is free at the point of access in Scotland and everyone with an intellectual disability should be able to make use of it. However, we are still seeing people die 20 years on average before the rest of the population, mostly from avoidable causes. There is therefore a significant, and dangerous, gap between what is available and whether people are making use of it.
Scotland has made considerable progress in a number of areas - however there is much still to be done to deliver a truly inclusive country, with too many people with intellectual disabilities falling between the cracks and not being offered the chance to flourish as they should.
| Mainstream education | 10,800 |
|---|---|
| Special education | 2,000 |
| No education | * |
| Larger institutions | * |
| Smaller institutions | 300 |
| Small care homes | 900 |
| Psychiatric hospitals | * |
These are the reported or estimated numbers of the country. In most cases, in reality, the numbers will be higher as the data is underreported or missing entirely.