The Scottish Government

Draft Recommendation

That the Scottish Executive should develop practical guidance on inclusive communication and consultation; establish a website of good practice on consultation; and develop and promote inclusive communication environments

Who:

What:

How:

Scottish Executive.

Publish guidance, establish website

Through working in partnership with disabled people and disability organisations

When:

Success measures:

Diversity issues?

Before June 2006

Guidance available and widely used

Need to ensure guidance is clear on communicating with disabled ethnic minorities, women, older people, young people, gay and lesbian people and people of different religions.

Draft Recommendation

That the Scottish Executive should implement and promote the SAIF standards

Who:

What:

How:

Scottish Executive

When:

Success measures:

Diversity issues?

Throughout 2006 and ongoing

More organisations know about SAIF standards and adopt them.

Draft Recommendation

That the 'Fair for All' project should ensure that its work on the access needs of disabled people in relation to the NHS includes communication impairments of all types

Who:

What:

How:

'Fair for All'

When:

Success measures:

Diversity issues?

Throughout 2006 and ongoing

Increased understanding of communication impairment within the NHS and action taken to meet needs of communication impaired people.

Particular measures may be needed to address multiple discrimination and multiple exclusion.

Draft Recommendation

That Scottish Executive and public authority media work should be comprehensively communication accessible

Who:

What:

How:

Scottish Executive and public authorities

When:

Success measures:

Diversity issues?

Incremental throughout 2006 and beyond.

Draft Recommendation

That guidance on involving disabled people should be considered in the context of the new public sector duty to promote equality of opportunity for disabled people.

Who:

What:

How:

DRC, Scottish Executive

Guidance

When:

Success measures:

Diversity issues?

Guidance available and widely used

Need to ensure guidance is clear on involving disabled ethnic minorities, women, older people, young people, gay and lesbian people and people of different religions

Draft Recommendation

That the Scottish Executive should support a symposium to consider the issues around copyright exemption.

Who:

What:

How:

Scottish Executive

Event and follow up.

Involving all those with an interest

When:

Success measures:

Diversity issues?

First quarter of 2006.

Action identified and taken forward.

Draft Recommendation

That research should be undertaken on disability equality training, including mapping current provision, investigating different approaches and their impact, and considering current and future need

(subject to the findings of the current Scottish Parliament research)

Who:

What:

How:

Scottish Executive

Commission research project

When:

Success measures:

Diversity issues?

To report by autumn 2006

Draft Recommendation

That standards and/or accreditation for disability equality training should be developed

Who:

What:

How:

?

Will need careful consideration and planning

Perhaps need to establish advisory group to oversee project. Advisory group to fully involve disabled people.

When:

Success measures:

Diversity issues?

Commence by autumn 2006?

Draft Recommendation

That disabled people should be encouraged to become disability equality trainers

Who:

What:

How:

If an advisory group is established to develop standards and accreditation for DET it might also develop proposals for encouraging disabled people to become DET trainers.

When:

Success measures:

Diversity issues?

Draft Recommendation

That initial teacher education should incorporate disability equality training, including communication impairment issues

Who:

What:

How:

Scottish Executive

When:

Success measures:

Diversity issues?

Draft Recommendation

That HMIE should work in partnership with disabled people and disability organisations to develop indicators of good practice

Who:

What:

How:

HMIE, Scottish Executive, DRC, disability organisations, local authorities

Careful planning needed.

When:

Success measures:

Diversity issues?

By end of 2007?

Draft Recommendation

That all disabled people should receive appropriate and adequate support throughout school, further and higher education.

Who:

What:

How:

HMIE, Scottish Executive, DRC, disability organisations, local authorities

When:

Success measures:

Diversity issues?

Ongoing.

Draft Recommendation

That further and higher education institutions should involve disabled people through student consultation panels

Who:

What:

How:

FE and HE institutions

Establish panels.

When:

Success measures:

Diversity issues?

In time for autumn 2006?

Panels must ensure that they are accessible for all equality groups.

Draft Recommendation

That disabled people should be encouraged to become teachers

Who:

What:

How:

Scottish Executive

As part of ongoing work on diversity within teaching?

When:

Success measures:

Diversity issues?