Spotlight on Capability's Advice Team
Capability's Advice Service has come of age as it celebrates 21years of giving advice and information on issues which affect disabled people.
Since 1991 Capability's advice workers have been
answering calls, letters and e-mails from across
Scotland. Enquiries can be about absolutely anything connected
with disability such as; where to hire a wheelchair,how to apply
for disability benefits or rights at school and work or how to get
adaptations at home. No matter how simple or complex the questions
are, the advice team will always listen and try to find
solutions. The team has a lot of experience and uses its
resources and contacts to research a question if there isn't a
straightforward answer.
When a child is diagnosed with cerebral palsy, parents, family
and friends often want more information and get in touch
with the advice service to borrow resources from its
small lending library or request some of its factsheets about
cerebral palsy.
The library also stocks resources about other conditions. Gordon's
son has Asperger Syndrome and Gordon borrowed several books about
the condition. The advice team also gave him
information about an organisation which could support him at
meetings with his son's school.
"I have found Capability's advice servce to be excellent and
look forward to using the library again in the future." Gordon
In addition the advice service also acts as a remote
reporting centre for victims of hate crime. Disabled people living
in Lothian and Borders, Fife, Tayside and Highland can report hate
crimes to the advice team if they are concerned about contacting
the police themselves. The team then passes the details on to
the police.
You can contact Capability's Advice Service at:
11 Ellersly Road, Edinburgh, EH12 6HY
Tel: 0131 313 5510
Textphone: 0131 346 2529
Fax: 0131 346 7864
Email: advice@capability-scotland.org.uk
