Disabled People's Cabinet Forum: report - easy read
Easy Read version of the report from Scotland’s first Disabled People’s Cabinet Forum, highlighting barriers, lived experience and priorities for system change.
Transport
People said that transport was 1 of the biggest difficulties in independent living.
People talked about:
- difficulties planning journeys
- not enough services in rural places
- expensive or unavailable accessible taxis
- public transport not being accessible
Accessible means that something is available and easy to use for everyone
Difficulties with transport has to be looked at together with other issues.
Problems with:
- social care
- digital access
- local planning
- accessible toilets
can make transport difficult.
Contact
Email: Disability.Equality@gov.scot