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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.
Disabled Drivers' Motor Club
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.
These web site links are listed as a convenience to our visitors. If you use these links, we take no responsibility and give no guarantees, warranties or representations, implied or otherwise, for the content or accuracy of these third-party sites.
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