Disability Equality Scotland

Join us and share your support during
7 to 13 September

Disability Equality Scotland supports Scottish Learning Disability Week 2026.

As a member-led Disabled People's Organisation (DPO), we are here to include people with learning disabilities and to celebrate their voices, talents, and achievements.

At Disability Equality Scotland we believe in inclusion, breaking down barriers, and building a Scotland where everyone belongs.

Join us and share your support during
7 to 13 September

Get involved: www.ScotLDWeek.com

Our Easy Read team are happy to support Scottish Learning Disability Week 2026.

We know that many people with a learning disability use and prefer Easy Read information. This includes members of Disability Equality Scotland.

In the picture below you can see our Easy Read team's pledge to keep listening to and working with our Easy Read user feedback group.

Our Easy Read team and the Easy Read user feedback group are an important part of the UK Easy Read Standards Working Group. For the past 2 years, this group has been working together to create a guide to writing Easy Read well.

The group will share their work with the public at an online event on Tuesday 1 October. You can find out more, and sign up for the event, using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/gMAHyvq1TxeRlbbtXYdPIA

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Photos of 3 smiling Easy Read Creators who work at Disability Equality Scotland. Words: We're taking action to be inclusive! This our Easy Read Team pledge to keep listening to our Easy Read User group to hear what works and what doesn't. .

Disability Equality Scotland supports Scottish Learning Disability Week 2026.

As a member-led Disabled People's Organisation (DPO), we are here to include people with learning disabilities and to celebrate their voices, talents, and achievements.

At Disability Equality Scotland we believe in inclusion, breaking down barriers, and building a Scotland where everyone belongs.

Join us and share your support during
7 to 13 September

Get involved: www.ScotLDWeek.com

📣 We're recruiting!

We are a Disabled People’s Organisation (DPO) and national charity. We are committed to improving disabled people's equality and rights. We believe that together we can make Scotland accessible and inclusive for all.

We have three vacancies for important roles in our organisation. If you want to join a small but impactful team that are passionate about disabled people’s equality and human rights, then take a look - this could be the opportunity for you!

- Operations Lead
- Communications and Membership Lead
- Access Panel Network Engagement Officer

We are committed to being disability confident and an employer of choice irrespective of race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), s*x, s*xual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, or pregnancy and maternity.

Closing date for all vacancies - 12pm, Monday 14 September 2026

Find out more

Join Us - Disability Equality Scotland Three great opportunities to join our team Date posted: Monday 24 August. We are currently recruiting for three important roles at Disability Equality Scotland (DES). Communications and Membership Lead Operations Lead Access Panel Network Engagement Officer You can find out more about each vacancy a...

Our new website is live. We have made it easier to find information about our work, membership, Access Panels, research, events and ways to have your say.

Please take a look, share it with your networks and tell us about your experience. Your feedback will help us keep improving.

Visit: www.disabilityequality.scot



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A photo of an open laptop on a simple background. The laptop screen shows the home page of the new Disability Equality Scotland website. Above the laptop are the words “Welcome to our new website!” and our logo.

Free inclusive communication webinar!

Disability Equality Scotland and Passion4Social are running a practical 60-minute webinar exploring how one everyday workplace message can be adapted for different audiences, communication channels and access needs

Participants will discover how small changes to the way we communicate can make workplace messages more accessible and inclusive for everyone.

The webinar is on Tuesday 15 September, at 12 noon UK time.

You can see more details and sign up for your free place using this link: https://events.humanitix.com/inclusive-communication-5pa4cqqv?c=des

This webinar is hosted by Glasgow Social Enterprise Network as part of their Digital Pathways series.

Are you interested in learning how to use language in an accessible way?

In our inclusive and accessible language and design workshop, we will cover topics such as written and spoken accessible and inclusive language, and how to design PowerPoint slides, printed media, videos and social media posts in an inclusive and accessible way.

To book a place for our workshop on 10 September, please email [email protected].

Do you want to write your own Easy Read documents? Bookings are now open for our CPD-accredited Easy Read training course in September!

In our 2-part course we cover:

How to write Easy Read words and sentences

How to source images for Easy Read

How to format and review an accessible Easy Read document.

Dates: 17 and 24 September 2026.

Time: 9.30am to 1.30pm (UK time) on both dates.

Where: On Zoom.

Cost: £600 per person.

To find out more or to register for the course, email us at [email protected]

Our free August webinar is all about barriers in public spaces! Join us on Tuesday 11 August at 12.30 on Teams!
You can register here: eb9eb0b7-9dc9-45a8-8d33-9e7f9daacdec@521477ed-ae12-4921-9b32-835dea6ab8ef" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/eb9eb0b7-9dc9-45a8-8d33-9e7f9daacdec@521477ed-ae12-4921-9b32-835dea6ab8ef

The words we use matter.

Inclusive and accessible spoken communication can help people feel welcome, respected and able to participate fully. Small changes in the way we communicate can make a big difference.

Join Disability Equality Scotland for a free webinar exploring spoken inclusive and accessible language. The session will share practical tips and approaches to help you communicate more effectively and inclusively in meetings, presentations, events and everyday conversations.

Date: Tuesday 16 June 2026

Time: 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm (United Kingdom time)

Location: Online

Register by scanning the QR code in the graphic.

Image description: Promotional graphic for a free Disability Equality Scotland webinar on spoken inclusive and accessible language. The graphic includes the webinar title, date and time, a QR code for registration, and illustrations of flowers and a butterfly on a bright pink background.