The Communication Forum Scotland is an informal alliance of organisations with a primary interest in promoting and / or providing for the needs of people with communication support needs in Scotland.
Communication Forum Scotland Vision
People in Scotland with communication disabilities to have access to everything they want and need to enjoy a good quality of life.
A Scotland that understands and accommodates the needs of people with communication disabilities and positively promotes their strengths and involvement.
To unite those working for people with communication support needs and those living with communication support needs such that the user voice is better heard by decision makers, service providers and the wider world.
An equalities agenda that recognises the full impact of communication disability.
To unite those working for people with communication support needs and those living with communication support needs so that the user voice is better heard by decision makers, service providers and the wider world.
Values
Communication Forum Scotland is inclusive of all communication support needs groups (apart from those whose primary concern is English as an additional language)
Recognition of the diversity of communication methods
Recognition that there are common barriers to communication for people with communication support needs and therefore common solutions in terms of changes in attitudes and awareness and increased knowledge, skills and resources.
Who is Communication Forum Scotland now?
The current group is made up of representatives from;
Afasic Scotland
British Stammering Association Scotland (BSAScotland)
Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS)
Different Strokes
ICAN
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)
Speakability
The current chairperson is Aileen Robinson, Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland.
