Reading Time: 3 minutesThis blog explains the terminology of neurodiversity, neurodivergence and neurodevelopmental conditions.
Tag: Equality
Waiting for neurodevelopmental assessments: what do the numbers say?
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog presents up-to-date information about the number of people waiting for neurodevelopmental assessments in Scotland.
Neurodevelopmental Pathways and Waiting Times in Scotland
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog outlines the key issues facing people seeking a neurodevelopmental assessment in Scotland.
Climate change and Scottish Parliament committees: Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee – human rights, procedural rights and differential impacts
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog illustrates the links between the remit of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee and climate change (focusing on human rights, procedural rights and differential impacts).
How do the Scottish and UK assisted dying bills compare?
Reading Time: 9 minutesThis coming Friday (29th November 2024), the House of Commons will debate the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. The introduction of the Bill
The Human Rights Bill – why has the Scottish Government not legislated and what happens next?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe 2024-25 Programme for Government didn’t include the Scottish Government’s flagship Human Rights Bill. Like the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Scottish Child Payment – who gets it?
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhile Scottish Child Payment reaches almost every child in poverty, there are even more children above the poverty line who also receive this benefit.Â
Is Scotland going to meet its child poverty targets?
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe latest statistics show that Scotland is far from achieving its child poverty targets.
Suicide deaths in Scotland
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe Equalities Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee is currently running an inquiry looking at the Scottish Government and COSLA’s Suicide Prevention Strategy 2022-2032.  The Committee’s Call for Views is open until 29 March 2024. This blog provides some background information on suicide rates and sociodemographic inequalities.
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill – Reconsideration Stage
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog provides background on the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill