National Transitions to Adulthood - strategy for young disabled people: supplementary report - easy read
Easy read version of the supplementary report to the Transitions Strategy. It sets out actions and commitments across key policy areas, showing how work to improve transitions for young disabled people and the Transitions Strategy are delivered.
Active citizenship
Active citizenship means getting involved in your local community and:
- being recognised – people pay attention to you and listen to what you have to say
- being included
- having a voice – being able to say how you feel
Transitions into adulthood for young disabled people must include ways to take part:
- when decisions are made
- in community life
- in culture – this means:
- the ways people are creative and express themselves
- how people enjoy creative things that other people have made like films, craft and art
- their traditions and customs like the language people use, the clothes they wear or the songs they sing
- in politics
The Scottish Government are working hard to make sure:
- human rights are at the centre of our work
- young disabled people are supported and their ideas and suggestions are listened to
What we will do next
- publish how Scottish Ministers will follow the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Publish means to put it online.
This convention is an international human rights treaty of the United Nations.
It makes sure that young disabled people have good human rights in law.
- include young disabled people in the annual children and young people’s Cabinet Ministers meeting
- every year have a disabled people’s takeover of Cabinet and Scottish Government’s leadership team
The Cabinet is the group of Government Ministers who make decisions about what work the Government will do.
This means giving young disabled people and organisations who support them the chance to speak to Ministers about transitions and things that affect them.
- develop a disability competence learning programme
This means giving policy makers the knowledge, skills and experience they need to make sure policies and practices work well for disabled people.
- start a new Learning Disability Support Fund for voluntary organisations from October 2025
They can use this to:
- promote equality and inclusion
- make it easier for people with learning disabilities to get health services and social activities
- publish information that shows how we are spending 1 million pounds linked to the Disability Equality Plan from June 2025
The money will be spent on projects from Disabled People-Led Organisations to make access to services and support better for disabled people.
- introduce a Human Rights Bill and a Learning Development and Autism Bill in the 2026 to 2031 Parliament
Contact
Email: dcyptransitions@gov.scot