| Ableize Disability Directory |
Resource directory of UK adult and children's disability services. Includes advice and information, access, recreation and sports, plus the arts and education. Also includes information on specific disabilities and updated news. |
| ACT |
Act campaigns for coordinated services for equal access to specialist skills and support needed by children with a life threatening or terminal condition and their families. |
| BILD (British Institute of Learning Disabilities)
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Working to improve the lives of people with a learning disability |
| Check the Map
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Local learning disability services listed |
| Special Needs Kids |
Information directory and shopping site to help parents/carers of children with special needs |
| Door to Door |
Information about transport for disabled and less mobile people, using all forms of transport. |
| Face to Face |
Network of trained volunteer befrienders, all who are parents who have a child with a disability and so understand what you are going through. |
| One Parent Families |
Information no-site for lone parents with a special needs child. |
| Cedar Foundation |
Information and support that promote choice, opportunity and inclusion |
| Young Minds |
Improving mental health and emotional wellbeing of young people. Extensive range of information on numerous topics and support for young people, parents and professionals |
| Disabilities in the UK |
This Site has been created to assist in the effort to improve the inadequate provision of Special Needs Education Facilities in the UK. |
| Association of Wheelchair Children |
Helping children with wheelchairs to become independently mobile. |
| Dogs for the Disabled |
Train dogs to help disabled people live life more independantly |
| Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 |
Details of the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 and links to other Acts. |
| Catalyst Education Resources Limited |
Our goal is to provide up-to-date, useful information for all those who work with special needs children and adults, all over the globe, whether parents, teachers or other professional carers. |
| Children Act 1989 |
- Children Act 1989 and links to other Acts. |
| Children's Rights Alliance for England |
CRAE is an alliance of over 250 organisations committed to children's human rights. We exist to improve the lives and status of all children in England through the fullest implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. |
| Askability |
Current affairs in symbol form for children |
| Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 |
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| Don't Stick It - Stop It |
Mencap animated site developed to help children realise the impact of bullying and how to stop it. |
| Disability Discrimination Act 1995
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| Child Death Helpline |
Telephone helpline for anyone affected by the death of a child of any age, from pre-birth to adult, recently or long ago. |
| Disability View |
Disability View magazine online. |
| Special-abilities.net |
Information, advice and support for parents of children with disabilities. |
| Disability Law Service |
"The Disability Law Service is a national registered charity that provides confidential and free legal advice for disabled adults, their families and carers. DLS also provides disabled people with a casework service." |
| Henry Spink Foundation |
The Henry Spink Foundation is an independent charity created to help families of children with severe disabilities of all kinds. We provide information on conventional and complementary/alternative medicine, therapies and research relating to a very wide range of physical and mental disorders. " |
| The Thomas Charles Trust |
The Thomas Charles Trust started as the The Thomas-Hannah Appeal in November, 2003 to support young adults with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) as they leave the state education system. " ." |
| Elizabeth Nuffield Educational Fund |
A guide to support for carers wishing to return to education. . |
| The Audit Commission |
This project examines services for disabled children, young people and their families in England and Wales. |
| The Disability Archive UK |
The aim of the Disability Archive UK is to provide disabled people, students and scholars with an interest in this and related fields, access to the writings of those disability activists, writers and allies whose work may no longer be easily accessible in the public domain. |
| Disability Now |
The online newspaper campaining for disabled people. |
| Disability Rights Commission |
Lots of information and help on disability rights issues. |
| Childrenwithspecialneeds |
A US site with some useful info, including PECS and growth charts. |
| Right From The Start |
Promotes good practice in sharing the news of a child's additional needs to ensure that disabled children are valued and their parents are treated with respect. |
| The Cinema Exhibitors Association Card |
Details of the card available to carers to be admitted to the cinema free when accompanying a disabled person. Also details of who to apply to. |
| The Right to Swim Campaign |
"If you have reached this website then the chances are you and your children have been excluded from swimming at your local public swimming pool." |
| Waving not drowning |
This is a project for parents who work, or want to work, and who have children with disabilities. |
| The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities |
"The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities works with people and their families to ensure they can use effective services, play a fuller part in communities and society, and enjoy equal rights." |
| Tree of Hope |
"The Tree of Hope offers hope to the families of sick and disabled UK children who need specialist surgery or additional medical treatment and therapy, in order to save their lives, and to give a better quality of life, and to help free them from suffering, by funding the treatment required." |
| AvMA - Action against medical accidents |
"Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) is an independent charity which promotes better patient safety and justice for people who have been affected by a medical accident. A 'medical accident' is where unintended harm has been caused as a result of treatment or failure to treat appropriately. This includes where the care has been negligent, but does not necessarily mean that it was. AvMA believes that whatever the cause of a medical accident, the people affected deserve explanations, support, and where appropriate, compensation. Furthermore, we all deserve to know that the necessary steps will be taken to prevent similar accidents being repeated. " |
| After 16 |
A great site for teenagers and young people in the UK who have an impairment or disability and are wondering what opportunities and services there should be when they leave school. Also for parents, carers and professional workers will probably want to use it too! |
| Interconnections Electronic Bulletin |
An independent service which focuses on children with complex needs and their families. Organises seminars, publishes manuals and more. |
| KIDS |
Dedicated to helping disabled children to get the most out of life. |
| MUMSNET |
By parents - for parents, this site has a wealth of information and helpful advice on all aspects of parenting. Mumsnet is an online network of parents pooling their knowledge on everything from how to get a baby to sleep through the night to the best places to go on holiday with a five-year-old. Visit mumsnet for advice, tips and product recommendations from the people who know best, other parents. |
