Living with a disability or long-term health condition has perhaps never felt more challenging for people in Scotland. After years of austerity, the pandemic and the current perma-crisis, all too often disabled people are forced to endure the worst of not only systems failure but also the growth in rhetoric that dehumanises people, deterring them from seeking the support that they need.

It’s in this context that we need to ensure that disabled people have full access to disability-related social security payments here in Scotland, namely the Adult Disability Payment (ADP). This is essential to enabling disabled people to live decent and dignified lives.

The Citizens Advice network in Scotland is the largest independent provider of ADP advice outside of Social Security Scotland (SSS), providing holistic support across the whole country to people who need........

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