Learning disabilities

This includes having choice and control over everyday life, feeling included and valued, and being supported to do the things that matter to them.

In Perth and Kinross, support is based on a social model of disability - focusing on removing barriers, building strengths and supporting people to live the lives they choose.

National guidance and principles

Support for people with learning disabilities in Perth and Kinross is guided by national policies and human‑rights‑based principles that promote inclusion, choice and equal access.

These include:

• The Keys to Life, Scotland's learning disability strategy, which promotes meaningful lives and community inclusion
• The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), which sets out disabled people's rights to independence, participation and equality
• Self‑directed Support (Scottish Government guidance), which supports choice and control
• Fairer Scotland for Disabled People, which focuses on tackling barriers and inequality

These principles underpin a social model of disability, recognising that people are disabled by barriers in society rather than by their impairment.