Scope (charity) - Wikipedia Scope (previously known as the National Spastics Society) is a disability charity in England and Wales that campaigns to change negative attitudes about disability, provides direct services, and educates the public
History of Scope | Disability charity Scope UK Three parents and a social worker Jean Garwood met to form our charity Ian Dawson-Shepherd, Eric Hodgson and Alex Moira wanted their children with cerebral palsy to have equal access to education To find out more about life for people with cerebral palsy born at this time, watch our Speaking for Ourselves video
More than words: The changing language of disability This month is UK Disability History Month, which takes as its theme ‘disability and language’ At Scope, we know a thing or two about this, having changed our name 22 years ago from ‘The Spastics Society’ While a simple name change might not seem important at first, the story and the attitudes that led to it can say a lot
Scope (The Spastics Society) | CAS In 1952, three parents of children with cerebral palsy set up The Spastics Society because no one would educate their children The organisation grew and changed to become a household name But attitudes to disabled people changed as well
Every eight hours. | Wellcome Collection Narrated by Richard Dimbleby, this touching and informative film traces the history and work of the National Spastics Society The film takes its title from the fact that at the time the film was made, every eight hours a child with cerebral palsy was being born in Britain
The Spastics Society to Scope: The story of the name change . . . The story of how the well-known UK charity The Spastics Society changed its name and relaunched as Scope in November 1994 continues to attract interest from other organisations, voluntary and commercial sector alike
The Spastics Society to Scope - IB Language and Literature 2. 0 The story of how The Spastics Society changed its name and relaunched as Scope in November1994 continues to attract interest from other organisations, voluntary and commercial sector alike The reasons behind the change, how we went about it in PR and communication terms and the lessons to be learned from the process are frequently the topic of
changing the face of charity the spastics society v3 We call upon the Spastics Society to take a lead and promote active involvement of disabled people in the running of services both voluntary and statutory Services which enable people to live as normally as possible encouraging independent and not segregated living initiatives
How we speak about disability | Disability charity Scope UK Until 1994 Scope was The Spastics Society We changed our name because the word 'spastic' became a term of abuse We do not use the word 'spastic' in any of our communications unless we are talking about the organisation's past