Publications

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.

Scope, Action on Hearing Loss, Mencap, Mind and RNIB have published a major report proposing new ways to improve employment support for disabled people. The report calls for a personalised, multi-agency approach which focuses on empowering disabled people to lead their own career journeys.

The other care crisis: Making social care funding work for disabled adults in England is a 2013 report complied by Leonard Cheshire Disability, National Autistic Society, Mencap, Scope and Sense.

This report, produced by independent think-tank nef and Scope, presents examples of innovations developed by local authorities and providers that show how services can improve disabled people’s lives and save money.

Note: This is not part of the Disability Rights UK’s Doing Life Differently series.

Scope's impact report on the effect of the UK disability charity on the lives of disabled people and their families in England and Wales. 2012.

Want to know how many disabled people there are in the UK or what happens when a disabled person tries to find work? Here are our Disability 2012 facts and figures.

Guide to Scope's new brand and visual identity. 2012.

Fun In The Sun

Illustrated early years storybook featuring Peg Ted and Mikki Dolly showing how being tube-fed doesn't stop children having fun. 2012.

This guide is for you if your support package (sometimes called a personal or individual budget) has been cut or changed. December 2011.

In this report, we reveal that the Personal Independence Payment (PIP), which the government is introducing to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA), won’t be directed to those who need the greatest support because the assessment to test for eligibility is flawed.