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Simple terms explainer
Councils must provide access to recreational, sporting, and educational facilities for disabled people. This means making sure that disabled adults and children can take part in leisure activities, sports, learning opportunities, and community services on an equal basis with others. Councils should remove barriers, adapt facilities where needed, and create opportunities that promote inclusion, independence, and wellbeing.
Legal status
Discretionary
Duty category
Adult social care
Culture and leisure
Duty type
Public facing
Social determinant of health
Social and community context
Emerging policy and legislation
1
Bodies with shared interest
Education Scotland
Sportscotland
Social Work Scotland
Standards and frameworks
2