Disability Links
Local Information
Disability Websites
- DEAFBLIND
Deafblind UK is a national charity which provides a range of support services
to deafblind adults and their carers. It also campaigns on behalf of deafblind
people.
- Disability
JobSite
The Disability Jobsite is developing a variety of resources and networks
to enhance opportunities for employment in the UK's disabled community.
- Disability Rights Commission
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
View Online
This site aims to be the best resource for anyone looking for useful information
on disability in the UK today
- Down's Syndrome Association
Providing information, counselling and support for people with Down's
syndrome, their families and carers, as well as being a resource for interested
professionals.
- Foundation
for People with Learning Disabilities
Find the latest news and events on learning disability issues, as well
as information on topics such as advocacy, accommodation and employment
- MENCAP
Mencap is the UK's leading learning disability charity working with people
with a learning disability and their families and carers.
- Multiple Sclerosis
Society
The MS Society is the UK's largest charity for people affected by Multiple
Sclerosis (MS) - about 85,000 people in the UK.
- Muscular
Dystrophy Campaign
The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign is the only UK charity focusing on all
muscular dystrophies and allied disorders.
- RNIB (Royal National
Institute of the Blind)
RNIB offers practical support and advice to anyone with a sight problem.
- RNID (Royal National
Institute of the Deaf)
RNID is the largest charity representing the 9 million deaf and hard of
hearing people in the UK. As a membership charity, they aim to achieve
a radically better quality of life for deaf and hard of hearing people.
- SCOPE
Scope is a disability organisation in England and Wales whose focus is
people with cerebral palsy. Scope's aim is that disabled people achieve
equality: a society in which they are as valued, and have the same human
and civil rights, as everyone else.
Also see: Scope
- Rights & Benefits
A PDF document produced by Scope about benefits available to parents of
children with Cerebral palsy.
- Sense
Sense offers a wide range of support and services across the UK to help
sensory impaired people of all ages to reach their full potential despite
the many challenges facing them.
Disability Aids
- Listening
Books
Listening Books is a charity that provides audio books in cassette format
via the post to people who have difficulty reading in the usual way.
- TNAUK
The Talking Newspaper Association of the UK is a registered charity which
provides national and local newspapers and magazines on audio tape, computer
disk, e-mail and CD-ROM for visually impaired and disabled people who
find reading a strain.