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Scope produces a range of publications on issues that are important to disabled people, their families and carers. Most of our publications can be downloaded free of charge as .pdf or .doc files; you will need Acrobat Reader freeware or Microsoft Word (or compatible viewer such as the freeware Microsoft Applications Viewers) installed.

Scope publications are also available in other formats on request from Scope Response. If you are able to pay something towards the cost of producing our publications, please donate online whatever you can afford.

No Voice, No Choice final report

Scope's No Voice, No Choice report on how communication equipment and support services should be delivered in the future. The report found that many disabled adults in the UK still do not have the necessary equipment and support they need to communicate effectively.

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Changing Society

Chris Davies's personal history of UK disability charity Scope (formerly The Spastics Society) is based on interviews with 17 individuals on the organisation's development. 2002 168 pages ISBN: 0946828962

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The Spastics Society to Scope

Booklet about Scope's 1994 name change and re-launch.

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Parents pack

Mum and baby

Cerebral palsy: information, advice and support for parents during the early years For a hard copy of the pack or for support, please call Scope Response on 0808 800 3333.

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Play Talks

This pack contains fun ways to promote communication through play for disabled children under five who have additional needs and is a useful resource for parents and early years professionals alike. 2004.

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Campaigns Cookbook (in Welsh)

The Campaigns Cookbook helps you to make a real difference to the lives of disabled people … everyone can do it so get stuck in! Successful campaigning is a lot like successful cooking. There’s a basic recipe and some essential ingredients but beyond that, just about anything goes. Campaigners, like chefs, approach campaigning in different ways and every campaign turns out differently depending on who is involved.

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Can do volunteering toolkit

Can do volunteering is a guide for volunteer managers on how to involve young disabled people as volunteers. This guide is produced by the UK's two largest disability charities, Leonard Cheshire and Scope, in co-production with young disabled people and with funding from the Russell Commission.

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Disability hate crime: Getting Away With Murder

Report, launched by Scope, Disability Now magazine and the UK Disabled People’s Council (UKDPC), showing that disabled people throughout the UK are facing “a crisis of justice”. Widespread casual and institutional disablism in Britain creates the conditions where disability hate crime can flourish without being recognised or challenged.

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Ready, Willing and Disabled

2003 report looks at the truth about employment and disabled people, from the perspectives of disabled people, employees and employers.

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Disabled people’s experiences of using AAC

Research into disabled people’s experiences of using communication equipment.

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