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The Rowan Organisation - Offers support and services to disabled people, centred around independent living. High Hopes - Provides adventure holidays in the UK and abroad for people with learning and physical disabilities. Queen Elizabeth's Foundation For Disabled People - Promoting equality and help for disabled people. Includes links to some excellent specialist centres. Fast - Foundation for assistive technology. The website has a database of all Assistive Technology research and development currently happening in the UK. Disability Scotland - Disability related information in Scotland, for example: clothing, holidays, and continence database. Designed to be accessible to all disabled and non-disabled people. Telegraph Online - Originally the Disability Telegraph BBS, founded in 1987 for downloading information to Braille machines and speech synthesisers. Disability Now - Published by Scope. This newspaper is for anyone interested in disability. Covering news, features, profiles, arts, sport, classifieds and more. Hereward College - UK's national Further Education college for students with physical and/or sensory disabilities. HAFAD - London based disability charity run for and by disabled people providing a wide range of services. Disability North - Charity working with and on behalf of disabled people. Gardner, Matt - Info about me and the National Association of Bikers with a Disability. Redbridge Mencap - Local charity supporting children and adults with learning disabilities and providing a range of leisure and recreational activities and a befriending service. Wheelchair Travel - Accessible transportation services for the disabled solo traveller, or small group, who wants to plan a unique itinerary and "do their own thing". Access-Ability - Resources, games, links, classifieds, and more. StopGAP - Dance company of abled and disabled bodied people offering workshops and performances. Jubilee Sailing Trust - bringing together able-bodied and physically disabled people throughout the medium of tall ship sailing and building. Royal National Institute for the Blind of the United Kingdom - Services and information for visually impaired people, their caregivers and professionals. Sight Savers International - Works to prevent and cure blindness in developing countries. British Association of Teachers of the Deaf (BATOD) - Information and news about the organisation and its events. British Deaf Association - Resource for deaf people that reflects every aspect of deaf culture and provides a global space for deaf people to share ideas and experiences. Guide Dogs for the Blind Association - Purpose is to enhance the mobility, independence and quality of life of sight impaired people by providing guide dogs and other services. Hearing Dogs for Deaf People - Charity dedicated to training, providing and supporting dogs to help deaf people. Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) - Contains the current prospectus plus information on a wide range of services to people who are blind or partially sighted. Wheelchair Travel - accessible transportation services for the disabled solo traveller, or small group, who wants to plan a unique itinerary and "do their own thing". Whizz-Kidz Trek - Provides mobile aids to disabled children. Motability - National charity helping disabled people. Disabled People's Electronic Village - Provides free computer training for disabled people from the Kirklees area. Centre for Independent Living - Glasgow, Scotland - First stop of information on independent living and finding a personal assistant. See Hear - BBC-TV weekly magazine programme for deaf and hard of hearing people, produced in sign language with open subtitles. Viewpoint - Accessible news and discussion for people with learning disabilities, their families, and careers using signs, clear print and photographs. British Institute of Learning Disabilities - Committed to improving the lifestyles of people with learning disabilities. seeAbility - Works with adults who are visually impaired and have other disabilities to develop independence and enhance the quality of their lives. Actively engaged in research on Juvenile Battens and other diseases. Artsline, London - information and advice service for disabled people on arts and entertainment. Royal Association in Aid of Deaf People (RAD) - committed to meeting the individual needs of people affected by deafness. Regional Rehabilitation Unit - Northwick Park Hospital. Provides specialist rehabilitation services for patients with severe, complex disability which may include physical, cognitive and communication deficits. Wheelabilly Rockers - club formed to promote linedancing for all and in particular to encourage the enjoyment of linedancing by disabled people alongside able-bodied dancers. Computer Centre for People with Disabilities (CCPD) - provide support for all disabled students. No Limits - sport club for disabled children. Sustrans - civil engineering charity that designs and builds routes for cyclists, walkers, and people with disabilities. Promoting a national cycle network for England. British Society of Dentistry for the Handicapped - The national society for everyone interested in the oral health of people with disabilities. Advice and help available for disabled people or their carers. DDLG - disability information and genealogy centre. Resources on the History of Idiocy - bibliographies and primary source material on mental retardation and learning disabilities. National Blind Children's Society UK - charitable organisation providing information, advice, support and a variety of services to both blind and partially blind children from 0-18 throughout the United Kingdom. Deaf-UK Mailing List - offers deaf people in the United Kingdom the opportunity to discuss issues, exchanging information and opinions with others. Heart'n Soul Music Theatre - disability arts group in the UK, working principally with learning disabled artists in Southeast London. Everybody's Hotel Directory - listing of UK hotels each with accommodation and a restaurant which can be used by anyone, able bodied or disabled. Contact a Family - UK charity helping families caring for disabled children. Hearing Concern - UK national charity for hard of hearing and late deafened adults. Contains factsheets and coping strategies information, plus links to other websites.KCS - offers adaptive computer equipment for disabled users. Nottingham Campaign Against the Job Seekers Allowance - unemployed claimants group campaigning against benefits cuts, Project Work (workfare), and New Deal. Supports the disabled and single parents. DASH - Disability Advice and Information, St. Helens - free, confidential and independent information and advice service for disabled people, their families, careers, or anyone with an interest in disability matters. Taylor House, Oxford - providing accommodation and services for disabled students in Oxford. Disability Now - published by Scope. This newspaper is for anyone interested in disability. Covering news, features, profiles, arts, sport, classifieds and more. Sight Savers International - works to prevent and cure blindness in developing countries. MicroCentre - a multi disciplinary team addressing computer human interfaces primarily for the benefit of the disabled. South London Dial-a-Ride Ltd - door-to-door accessible transport service for disabled and elderly people who can not use, or find it difficult to use, public transport. Carer Web Site National Disabled Persons Housing Service - UK organisation offering support and advice to disabled people suffering accommodation woes. They are an alliance of housing associations and voluntary groups (listed here) and give details of services to members. DIAL UK - Disablement Information and Advice Lines throughout Britain provide help for thousands of disabled people. DIAL UK is the national organisation for these services. Leonard Cheshire - UK-based charity supporting disabled people with home care services, day centres, independent living schemes and other services. They also work in a couple of dozen other countries. A spot of cash from you would help. Whizz-Kidz - "The UK's fastest growing and most dynamic children's charity", raising money to give disabled children wheelchairs, trikes and walking aids (2,000 kids helped already). Find out how to help their fund-raising efforts and where you can find Whizz-Kidz therapists around the country. Recoverypages.com - Is a site run by volunteers. It has its own support forum, a journal and contains lots of useful information on all sorts of disability. The Orpheus Centre - Recognized for the excellence of opportunities it offers young disabled and non-disabled people to develop their skills in Performing Arts. It aims to give opportunities for people to work together creating music theatre, which is then performed in front of an audience. Exellent facilities. - Disability Direct - A voluntary organisation based in Derby giving information & advice for Disabled people and carers alike - also offering training facilities for anyone involved in help & caring. Family-friendly-fun.com - Special needs family friendly fun - enhancing the quality and fun of family life with special needs - nice site with lots of useful links. Wheelchair Access - Excellent voluntary site giving listings of wheelchair accessible places across the UK from pubs, restaurants & clubs to museums theatres ect. Plus lots of other helpful information. The Charity Library - Would your charity like to receive ongoing recognition totally free of charge? Well look no further than charitylibrary.co.uk. The site has been designed to offer a fully searchable database of all charities to anyone wishing to get involved in charity fund-raising and has no commercial interest. To register just e-mail them with all your information. Charity Choice - A comprehensive directory of UK charities online. Charity Services - A directory of goods and services for charities. Goodwill Gallery - A listing of free goods and services for charities to collect - constantly updated. Community Care Rights Project - The Community Care Rights project is a service for all people with learning disabilities, their families, carers or people who work with them. La Bella Italia Hotels and Travel Jenny Jacklin's Disability Discrimination Web Pages Disabled Data Link Group - Advice and support group open to the disabled around the world, but particularly helpful to those living in the UK. The group provides services including companionship, info on disability aids, motoring help, rights of the disabled. Disability Discrimination Act - Official explanation of the 1996 UK law aimed at ending discrimination against disabled people, in work, access to goods and services and acquiring or renting property. DISinHE - Stands for Disability Information Systems in Higher Education. A directory of organisations and companies providing services and products for disabled students in the UK. Phab - The name stands for Physically Handicapped and Able Bodied. Though it's now considered polite to say "disabled" instead of "handicapped", this organisation sticks to the easy-to-say Phab. What do they do? Encourage the disabled and the fully-fit to get together for (e.g.) activity hols. UK Scuba - Dogfish Divers (BSAC 2127) - Branch for blind and visually impaired. Abuse of the Disabled - Get the facts at this informative site, plus find useful prevention advice. Juvenile Justice - Learn how youth with disabilities are at higher risk for experiencing all forms of abuse. International Coalition on Abuse and Disability - Subscribe to this electronic mail network and explore the topic of abuse and disability. British Dyslexia Association - A list of resources such as publications, events, and dyslexia associations and support groups. Disabled People's International - About the organisation's mission, member groups, and publications. The National Alliance of The DisAbled - An online informational and advocacy organisation dedicated to working towards gaining equal rights for the disAbled in all areas of life. Deaf World Web - A range of resources: deaf news, ASL dictionary online, deaf cyberkids, and others. Family Village - Global network of resources for people with mental retardation and other disabilities, their families, caregivers and friends. Down Syndrome WWW Page - Links to every aspect of this congenital disease. Disability-Related Resources on the Web - An index of disability-related resources - U.S.A. oriented. National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities - Collection of articles, fact sheets and info for parenting children with a range of disabilities and developmental disorders. Action Without Borders - Promotes the sharing of ideas, information and resources to help build a world where all people can live free, dignified and productive lives. OutLook's Disability Web - Articles, books, stories, resources, and other areas. World Association of Persons with Disabilities - This site has a newsletter, chat room, bulletin board, assistive device lab, and other areas. Independent Living Spain Is a company which specialises in the Hire and Sale of Mobility, Disability and Child Care products to the individual, healthcare providers and to travel companies on the Costa del Sol. |
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