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Publication - Consultation paper

Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence Bill: consultation

Published
21 December 2023
From
Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport, +50 more … Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Chief Allied Health Professions Officer, Chief Executive of NHS Scotland and Director-General Health and Social Care, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Midwifery Officer, Chief Nursing Officer, Chief Operating Officer of NHS Scotland, Chief Social Researcher, Clinical Director, Healthcare Quality and Improvement, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic, Director for Constitution, Director for Children and Families, Director of Communications and Ministerial Support, Director of Covid Recovery and Public Service Reform, Director of Digital, Director of Digital Health and Care, Director of Jobs and Wellbeing Economy, Director of Education Reform, Director of Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights, Director of Health and Social Care Finance, Director of Health Workforce, Director of Healthcare Quality and Improvement, Director of Justice, Director of Learning, Director of Legal Services and Solicitor to the Scottish Government, Director for Lifelong Learning and Skills, Director of Local Government and Housing, Director of Mental Health, Director of Parliamentary Counsel Office, Director of Primary Care, Director of Safer Communities, Director of Social Care and National Care Service Development, Director of Social Security, Director of Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice, Director-General Communities, Director-General Education and Justice, Director-General Health and Social Care, First Minister, Lord Advocate, Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise, Minister for Higher and Further Education; and Minister for Veterans, Minister for Housing, Minister for Parliamentary Business, Minister for Public Health and Women's Health, Minister for Victims and Community Safety, Permanent Secretary, Solicitor General
Directorate
Mental Health Directorate
Topic
Building a new Scotland, Children and families, Communities and third sector, +7 more … Education, Equality and rights, Health and social care, Housing, Law and order, Transport, Work and skills
ISBN
9781835217634

We are committed to protecting, respecting and championing the rights of people with learning disabilities and neurodivergent people. This consultation on proposals for a Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence Bill seeks the views of everyone on how we can do this.

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Part 5: Next Steps

This part of the consultation sets out next steps following the publication of this document.

The consultation will run for four months and closes on 21 April 2024.

Everyone should have the opportunity to offer their views to inform the Bill. During the consultation period, we will make sure as many people as possible know about the consultation and are encouraged and supported to take part.

This will include a series of local discussion events across Scotland as well as online events. We will seek to meet with neurodivergent people and people with learning disabilities who face historic and ongoing societal barriers to having their voice heard in public consultations. We will work with organisations that represent the lived experience of neurodivergent people and people with learning disabilities to engage with as many people as possible.

We have also published accessible facilitation packs so that community groups can hold their own discussions and, if they wish, submit a group response to the consultation. We have developed accessibility resources, such as easy read versions of all sections in this document, a short guide to the consultation document, a child-friendly version, an audio version and a BSL video, that help to enable as many people as possible to get involved.

The Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP) will continue to meet throughout the consultation period and over the rest of the Bill development process. LEAP members will help us put accessibility and transparency at the heart of the consultation process.

The views provided through the consultation, alongside the feedback received throughout the consultation development process, will inform the next steps in developing the Bill.

Contact

Email: LDAN.Bill@gov.scot

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