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Enabling Information: A report on improving access and raising standards in information services for disabled people and their carers in Scotland.
1.1 Sources of information for disabled people
This section of the report and the following three sections of the report summarises the main sources of information currently available in Scotland. It is not based on a comprehensive survey but gives an indication of the scope, pattern, and types of provision.
It is important to distinguish between national and local information, between the role of national and local organisations, and between organisations in the statutory and independent sectors.
The range of organisations involved in providing information and/or advice to people with disabilities includes:-