Scope (charity)

"Spastics Society" redirects here. For Spastics Society of India, see The Spastics Society of India.

Scope
Formation1951
HeadquartersLondon, E15
Region served
England and Wales
Chief Executive
Mark Hodgkinson
Websitescope.org.uk
Disability
Theory and models
Education
Therapy
Societal implications
Personal assistance
Socioeconomic assistance
  • Groups
  • Organizations
Parasports
Culture

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. The organisation was founded in 1952 by a group of parents and social workers who wanted to ensure that their disabled children had the right to a decent education. Originally focused on cerebral palsy, Scope now embraces all conditions and impairment. Scope subscribes to the social model of disability rather than the medical model of disability – that a person is disabled by the barriers placed in front of them by society, not because of their condition or impairment.[1]

  1. ^ "Social model of disability". Scope.