Disability discrimination

Disability hate crime

Deaf and disabled people in the UK are regularly mocked, taunted, robbed, assaulted and harassed.  

Disablism audits

Scope’s Disablism Audits are two reports that provide a more robust understanding of disablism in Britain today.

The Equality Act

The Equality Act replaces the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) so it's important that the rights that disabled people enjoyed under the DDA are replicated, and expanded, in the Equality Act.

UN Convention

The UK ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on 8 June 2009, but there's a lot of evidence that disabled people’s human rights are still being infringed.