The Aberdeenshire West MSP said many people with a disability found assistance dogs of "immeasurable value".
Disability charity Mencap has estimated as many as nine out of 10 people with a learning disability has been a victim of a hate crime.
There are currently hundreds of people with a learning disability in assessment and treatment units like Winterbourne View, the charities said.
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Retained Isle of Wight firefighter Neil Cole and Jacqueline Rowley, from Eastleigh Friends of People with a Learning Disability, receive the British Empire Medal for work in their fields.
The unemployment rate for people with disabilities was at 14 percent in February, compared with 8.7 for people without a disability.
This combined with a large increase in admissions, from 666 in 1995 to 1, 115 in 2006, means the number of people living with severe disability as a result of premature birth is increasing.
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Michelle McIlveen, chairwoman of the Culture Committee, said the Games had changed people's perceptions of those with a disability.
"We could see a role for it for people with disability, but I am not convinced about whether it is absolutely necessary, " she said.
ComRes polled more than 3, 013 UK adults over three weekends in late November and December, including 600 people with a "long-standing mental or physical disability or condition".
We see the results of policy initiatives to increase opportunities for integrated employment for people with disabilities in people like Mark Trezise, a clerk at a county government office who has an intellectual disability.
Meanwhile, more than three-quarters (76%) of all respondents - including those with a disability - say they think people's attitudes towards those with disabilities have improved since the games, while just 1% believe perceptions have worsened and 17% feel there has been no change.
After retiring from the NYPD with a disability pension, Leonard started getting calls from people needing investigations and surveillance.
Meanwhile, more than 10 million people reported their daily activities in 2011 were limited because of a health problem or disability, with the North East recording the highest percentage at 22% and London the lowest at 14%.
Many people are restricted by this smoke and currently have a relative disability because of the actions of others, which is often the comment of people with lung diseases such as asthma.
One- quarter of U.S. adults live with a disability that interferes with activities of daily life -- and only 54% of these people are Internet users, Pew found.
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