Disability Links

• Disability Websites
• Disability Aids

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.