AbilityNet | www.abilitynet.org.uk | AbilityNet is a national charity and the UK’s leading provider of expertise on computing and disability. One-stop shop for need assessment, technical expertise, advice and support. We also supply adapted computer equipment for people with a wide range of disabilities. |
About Cerebral Palsy | www.about-cerebral-palsy.org | About-Cerebral-Palsy.org provides useful information on Cerebral Palsy, Diagnosis, Causes of CP, and classification of Cerebral Palsy. Also, allows users to contact doctors with their questions, and offers free evaluation for lifetime benefits. |
Assist UK | www.assist-uk.org/ | A Disabled Living Centre (DLC) is a place where you can get free and impartial information and advice about products which can increase disabled or older people's choices about how they live. At a DLC you can see and try out products and explore other solutions. Centres provide free information to people in person, by telephone, letter or email. |
Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus | www.asbah.org | ASBAH is a national organisation providing information and advice about spina bifida and hydrocephalus to individuals, families and carers. |
British Healthcare Trades Association | www.bhta.com | Trade assocaition that represents companies that provide products and other specialist healthcare for disabled people. |
Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association | www.cpisra.org | CPISRA is committed to enhancing the opportunities for people with cerebral palsy or a related neurological condition to participate in the sport or leisure activity of their choosing |
Cerebral Palsy Sport | www.cpsport.org | Cerebral Palsy Sport |
Contact a Family | www.cafamily.org.uk | Helping families who care for children with any disability or special need |
Department for Transport - Mobility Unit | www.dft.gov.uk/transportforyou/access | The Mobility and Inclusion Unit promotes socially inclusive transport, examining the links between transport and social exclusion, analysing social inclusion issues and the transport needs of different social groups, and liasing with other Government departments. It is also responsible for implementing the Race Relations (Amendment) Act. |
Directgov - Disability Section | www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople | Government information and resources on disability |
Directgov - Disabled People | www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople | Information for disabled people and those caring for people with disabilities. |
Directgov - Employment | www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/index.htm | Information and advice about employment issues from Directgov. |
Disability Action | www.disabilityaction.org | Organisation primarily serving Northern Ireland, but provides information useful to everyone. |
Disability Now | www.disabilitynow.org.uk | The UK's biggest selling disability related newspaper. News stories, comment from the UK's most influential disabled campaigners, latest developments in motoring and equipment plus a selection of lifestyle and arts features.
DN is put together by a team of professionally trained journalists, advertising and marketing experts, almost 50
per cent of whom are disabled. |
Disability Rights Commission | www.equalityhumanrights.com/pages/eocdrccre.aspx | The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) is an independent body, established by Act of Parliament to eliminate discrimination against disabled people and promote equality of opportunity. |
Disability, Pregnancy and Parenthood international | www.dppi.org.uk | DPPi is a charity for disabled people who are already parents and their families, those who wish to become parents and their families and also for health and social work professionals and other individuals and organizations concerned with disability and/or pregnancy and parenting |
Disabled Living Foundation | www.dlf.org.uk | information on disability equipment, day-to-day household gadgets, new technologies and training techniques. For healthcare professionals, older people, Disabled people, their friends, and carers. Solutions for many daily tasks and activities, as well as unbiased knowledge on the right kind of equipment and where to find it. |
Disabled Persons Railcard | www.disabledpersons-railcard.co.uk | This website is designed to give information about the Disabled Persons Railcard and the discounts that it provides for the holder when travelling by train in Britain. |
Downs Heart Group | www.dhg.org.uk | Charity offering support and information relating to heart conditions associated with Down's Syndrome |
Essential Aids | www.essentialaids.com | online shop providing a wide range of household, working, living and leisure equipment for disabled people. |
Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities | www.learningdisabilities.org.uk | Promoting the rights, quality of life and opportunities of people with learning disabilities and their families.
We do this by working with people with learning disabilities, their families and those who support them |
Hearing Concern | www.hearingconcern.com | campaigns on behalf of its client group and promotes awareness of the communication needs of deaf and hard of hearing people |
Holiday Care | www.holidaycare.org.uk | Holiday Care believes that everyone needs the opportunity to get away at least once a year with family and friends. We aim to give disabled and older people the chance to do that. |
I Can | www.ican.org.uk | I CAN is the charity that helps children with speech and language difficulties across the UK. The charity works to create a society where their special needs are recognised, understood and met, so that they have the same opportunities in life as other children |
International Blind Sports Federation | www.ibsa.es | encourage all blind and visually impaired people to get involved in different sports and physical activities. |
jobability.com | www.jobability.com | The job site for disabled people |
Just Mobility | www.justmobility.com | Disability, Accessibility and Mobility Portal. Shopmobility |
MENCAP | www.mencap.org.uk | The learning disability charity |
National Information Forum | www.nif.org.uk | Encouraging the provision of accessible information |
Office of Public Sector Information | www.opsi.gov.uk | Operating from within the National Archives, the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is at the heart of information policy, setting standards, delivering access and encouraging the re-use of public sector information. OPSI provides a wide range of services to the public, information industry, government and the wider public sector relating to finding, using, sharing and trading information. |
Ouch | www.bbc.co.uk/ouch | BBC site with lively debate about issues affecting disabled people |
Parkinsons Disease Society, Shrewsbury Branch | www.shrewsburyparkinsons.co.uk | Being diagnosed with Parkinsons comes as a great shock and both the sufferer and their carers can feel anxious and at a loss. We can provide information and reassurance along with much practical help to those new to the illness, and we offer continued support. |
Phab | www.phabengland.org.uk | Phab is a national charity promoting and encouraging the coming together, on equal terms, of disabled and non-disabled people to achieve an integrated and inclusive society. |
Pinpoint Online | groups.msn.com/pinpointonline | The magazine of Disabity West Midlands |
Queen Elizabeth's Foundation | www.qefd.org | Promoting equality for disabled people |
RADAR | www.radar.org.uk | The UK's campaigning and advisory disability body, run by and for disabled people |
Reach | www.reach.org.uk | Reach was formed by parents of children who were missing part of their arm or a hand. Providing support and advice for children with hand or arm deficiencies, and their parents. |
Ricability - Research Institute for Consumer Affairs | www.ricability.org.uk | Ricability is the trading name of the Research Institute for Consumer Affairs. We are a national research charity dedicated to providing independent information of value to disabled and older consumers. |
Royal National Institute for Deaf People | www.rnid.org.uk | Provides a range of services for deaf and hard of hearing people and those in the field of deafness and hearing loss |
Royal National Institute for the Blind | www.rnib.org.uk | Our aim is to provide information and special products to help you to live independently. |
Scope | www.scope.org.uk | Disability organisation whose focus is people with cerebral palsy. Aiming for equality for disabled people and a society in which they are as valued and have the same human and civil rights as everyone else. |
Sense | www.sense.org.uk | Sense is a UK organisation for people who are deafblind or have associated disabilities |
Shopmobility | www.justmobility.co.uk | NFSUK aims to support existing Shopmobility Schemes at home (and abroad when possible), and to encourage the development of the Shopmobility network everywhere. The majority of Shopmobility schemes are self-funding and are
either charities, established by local authorities or managed by their local shopping centre or other commercially based organisations.
The Schemes aim to promote equality of access and to encourage independence
of people with disabilities (permanent or temporary), through the provision
of mobility equipment such as scooters, wheelchairs and power chairs. |
Shrewsbury Hard of Hearing Group | www.hardofhearing.org.uk | Support group for Hard of Hearing People who live in the Shrewsbury area. The group runs a range of activities with the aim of providing support through topics of mutual interest to the Hard of Hearing. The programme includes talks on Sensory Impairment, Gardening, The Internet, Computer, Skills. Safety in the Home, and many other subjects. |
Shropshire Disability Consortium | www.shropshiredisability.org | |
SKILL - National Bureau for Students with Disabilities | www.skill.org.uk | Skill promotes opportunities for young people and adults with any kind of disability in post-16 education, training and employment across the UK. |
Spinal Injuries Association | www.spinal.co.uk | National organisation of spinal cord injured people. Representing all their interests regardless of how the impairment occurred, whether or not it has resulted in full or partial paralysis. Supporting all those who are affected by spinal cord injury, including the family and friends of the disabled person. |
Tripscope | www.tripscope.org.uk | Travel Advice and Transport Information for people who are disabled or have difficulty getting around |
WheelPower | www.wheelpower.org.uk | WheelPower is the national organisation and charity for British Wheelchair Sport. Sport is the medium by which WheelPower help people with disabilities improve their quality of life. Often at a time when there are many negative things in a person's life, sport is a real positive. |
Youreable.com | www.youreable.com | A community-based website offering information, products and services for disabled people. |
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