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Heather Gilchrist is a self-advocate
from ENABLE Scotland.
Heather Gilchrist talked about
institutionalisation in Scotland.
Scotland put people with intellectual
1,500 people with intellectual disabilities
lived at Lennox Castle Hospital.
There were children and adults that
lived in Lennox Castle Hospital.
A lot of people with intellectual disabilities
did not want to leave their family and their community
to live in institutions like Lennox Castle Hospital.
In 1954, 5 families met in Glasgow to create
a new charity which fighted for people
with intellectual disabilities in Scotland.
The charity wanted that people with
intellectual disabilities live
a good life independently
in the community.
The charity is called ENABLE and
became a self-advocacy NGO.
In 2000, the Scottish Government
wanted to end institutionalisation.
But there are still 1,000 people
with intellectual disabilities
who live in institutions.
In 2022, ENABLE started a campaign
called “My Own Front Door”.
The Scottish Government
saw the campaign.
The Scottish Government promised to
end institutionalisation in March 2024.
The Scottish Government made sure
that people with intellectual disabilities
only live in institutions if they need to.
