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

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