Research commissioned by Scope, carried out by Com Res and released on 1st September 2010 gives us some hope in terms of people's meaningful inclusion in society. It also gives us some cause for concern. We will leave you to draw your own conclusions from the statistics. Key findings are as follows:-

• 87% of all Scottish respondents agreed that disabled people should have the same opportunities as everyone else


• 88% of all Scottish respondents had never worked with a disabled colleague


• 75% of all Scottish respondents had not seen any news stories in the last couple of months about the problems disabled people have finding work however 52% had seen news stories about benefit fraud


• 84% of all Scottish respondents said that seeing people with disabilities in public was no different to seeing anyone else or that they were pleased to see people in the community


• 29% of people in Scotland (who are not disabled and do not have a disabled family member) don’t know any disabled people


• 91% of people in Scotland have never had a disabled person in their house for a social occasion

To view the full statistical results, please click on the attachment below

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