Links

Access

Disabled Access Solutions

www.disabledaccesssolutions.co.uk

Blind/Visually Impaired

Action for Blind People

www.afbp.org

Blind Corner provides advice on making the internet accessible to people with reduced or no vision.

www.blindcorner.com/index.htm

Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

www.guidedogs.org.uk/aboutus/index.html

Listening Books

www.listening-books.org.uk

National Library for the Blind

www.nlbuk.org

Royal National Institute for the Blind

www.rnib.org.uk

Royal National College for the Blind

www.rncb.ac.uk

Talking Newspaper Enterprises Ltd

www.tnauk.org.uk

Business

Association of Disabled Professionals (ADP)

www.adp.org.uk

Business in the Community

www.bitc.org.uk

Centre for Accessible Environment

www.cae.org.uk

Disability Employment Advisory Committee

www.deac.org.uk

Disabled Entrepreneurs Network

www.disabled-entrepreneurs.net

Employers Forum on Disability

www.employers-forum.co.uk/www/index.htm

Work-Life Balance campaign

www.dti.gov.uk/work-lifebalance

Careers and Employment

For school leavers

www.after16.org.uk

Careers A – Z

www.careersa-z.co.uk

Disability Employment Advisory Committee

www.deac.org.uk

Employment opportunities for disabled people

www.opportunities.org.uk

Jobability

www.jobability.com

Jobcentre Plus

www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk

Local Government Careers

www.lgcareers.com

Local Government jobs website

www.lgjobs.com

New Deal for Disabled People

www.newdeal.gov.uk

Opportunities - public sector recruitment and career development website

www.opportunities.co.uk

Reed - online job vacancies website

www.reed.co.uk

Shaw Trust

www.shaw-trust.org.uk

The Prince's Trust

www.princes-trust.org.uk

United Response

www.unitedresponse.co.uk

Worktrain - national jobs and learning site

www.worktrain.gov.uk

Carers Information

A - Z Care Homes Guide

www.carehomes.co.uk

government site for carers

www.carers.gov.uk/zone11.htm

Care Support

www.caresupport.com

Carers website

www.aqu.co.uk/carers/

Contact a family - for families with disabled children

www.cafamily.org.uk

Crossroads caring for carers

www.crossroads.org.uk

Disabled person's one-stop Internet site for disabled people, their carers, family and friends.

www.youreable.com

Government information for Carers

www.carers.gov.uk

Princess Royal Trust for Carers

www.carers.org

Proactive Parents

www.proactiveparents.org.uk

Rethinkcarers - for mental health carers

www.rethinkcarers.org

Children

British Association for Early Childhood Education

www.early-education.org.uk

Childline

www.childline.org.uk

Church of England Children's Society

www.the-childrens-society.org.uk

Circles Network - provides advocacy services, bereavement counselling, supporting disabled offenders in prision services

www.circlesnetwork.org.uk

Council for Disabled Children

www.ncb.org.uk

Dyscalculia - information about teaching pupils with dyscalculia

www.dyscalculia.org.uk

HemiHelp for children with Hemiplegia

www.hemihelp.org.uk

I Can - national educational charity for children with speech and language difficulties

www.ican.org.uk

Kidsactive

www.kidsactive.org.uk

National Children's Bureau

www.ncb.org.uk

Deaf

British Association of Teachers of the Deaf

www.batod.org.uk

DELTA (Deaf Education Through Listening and Talking)

www.deafeducation.org.uk

National Deaf Children's Society

www.ndcs.org.uk

Royal Association for Deaf people

www.royaldeaf.org.uk

Royal National Institute for Deaf People

www.rnid.org.uk

Deafblind

A - Z to Deafblindness

www.deafblind.com

Deafblind Connection

www.sense.org.uk/deafblind

Deafblind UK

www.deafblind.org.uk

SENSE - organisation for people with deafblindness and associated disabilities.

www.sense.org.uk

Deafblind web resource

www.deafblind.co.uk

Disability

Afasic (speech and language impairments)

www.afasic.org.uk

ASBAH (Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus)

www.asbah.org

Autism Connect

www.autismconnect.org

British Council of Disabled People

www.bcodp.org.uk

British Institute for Brain Injured Children (BIBIC)

www.bibic.org.uk

Brittle Bone Society

www.brittlebone.org

Cerebral Palsy Resources on the internet

www.healthcyclopedia.com

Disability newspaper, with articles, links, adverts and an archive.

www.disabilitynow.org.uk

Disability website run by the government

www.disability.gov.uk

Down's Syndrome Association

www.dsa-uk.com

Dyspraxia Foundation

www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk

Headway - national head injuries association

www.headway.org.uk

Limbless Association

www.limbless-association.org

National Autistic Society

www.oneworld.org/autism_uk

Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support (OASIS)

www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/

Proactive Parents

www.proactiveparents.org.uk

Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR)

www.radar.org.uk

SCOPE - for people with cerebral palsy

www.scope.org.uk

Solihull Council

www.solihull.gov.uk

The Sound Learning Centre

www.thesoundlearningcentre.co.uk

The Stammer Trust

www.stammertrust.co.uk

United Cerebral Palsy Association

www.ucpa.org

Dyslexia

Adult Dyslexia Organisation

www.futurenet.co.uk

British Dyslexia Association

www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk

Family and Personal

Access Travel - holidays for disabled people

www.access-travel.co.uk

Black Britain

www.blackbritain.co.uk

British Pregnancy Advisory Service

www.bpas.org.uk

CENMAC (Centre for Micro-Assisted Communication)

www.cenmac.com

Contact a family - for families with disabled children

www.cafamily.org.uk

Cruse Bereavement Care - charity that offers bereavement support.

www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk

Disability, Pregnancy and Parenthood International National Centre for Disabled Parents

www.dppi.org.uk

Disabled Living Centres Council (DLCC)

www.dlcc.org.uk

Disabled person's one-stop Internet site for disabled people, their carers, family and friends.

www.youreable.com

Institute on Independent Living - self-help organizations of disabled people who work for equal opportunities, self-determination and self-respect.

www.independentliving.org

National Disabled Persons Housing Service

www.hodis.org.uk

Regard - National Organisation of Disabled Lesbians and Gay Men

www.regard.dircon.co.uk

SSAFA (The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association)

www.ssafa.org.uk

Voice UK - support and action group for people with learning disabilities who have been either physically or sexually abused, their families and carers.

www.voiceuk.clara.net

Getting Around

CENTRO

www.centro.org.uk

Disabled Driver's Association

www.dda.org.uk

Disabled Driver's Motor Club

www.ddmc.org.uk

Inclusive Mobility - A guide to best practice on access to pedestrian and transport infrastructure

www.mobility-unit.dft.gov.uk/inclusive/index.htm

Mobility Information Service

www.mis.org.uk

Motability - helps disabled people of all ages become more mobile

www.motability.co.uk

Motivation - wheelchair design

www.motivation.org.uk

National Association for Bikers with a Disability (NADB)

www.nabd.org.uk

National Rail “service alterations”

www.nationalrail.co.uk

Network Rail

www.networkrail.com

Wheels for All! - provides disabled people with the opportunity to enjoy cycling for themselves.

www.cycling.org.uk

Government Departments

Adult Learning Inspectorate

www.ali.gov.uk

Charity Commission

www.charitycommission.gov.uk

Commission for Racial Equality

www.cre.gov.uk

Department for Education and Skills

www.dfes.gov.uk/index.htm

The Department of Health Personal Social Services (PSS) Performance Assessment website - aims to pull together all the relevant documents on performance assessment in social services

www.doh.gov.uk/scg/pssperform

Department of Health

www.doh.gov.uk

Department for Transport

www.dft.gov.uk

Department for Work & Pensions

www.dwp.gov.uk

Inland Revenue

www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk

Learning and Skills Council

www.lsc.gov.uk

Local Government Information Unit

www.lgiu.gov.uk

National Statistics website

www.statistics.gov.uk

Office of Fair Trading

www.oft.gov.uk

Open Government website

www.ukonline.gov.uk

Social Services Inspectorate

www.doh.gov.uk

Solihull Council

www.solihull.gov.uk

UK Central Government Directory

www.tagish.co.uk

UK Passport Service

www.ukpa.gov.uk

Having Your Say

British Council of Disabled People

Email: info@bcodplorg.uk

Disability Rights Commission

www.drc-gb.org

Equal Opportunities Commission

www.eoc.org.uk

Institute of Race Relations

www.irr.org.uk

Rail Passengers Council

www.railpassengers.org.uk

Health

Alzheimer's Society

www.alzheimers.org.uk

Arthritis Care

www.arthritiscare.org.uk

British Acupuncture Council

www.acupuncture.org.uk

British Colostomy Association

www.bcass.org.uk

British Diabetic Association

www.diabetes.org.uk

British Epilepsy Association

www.epilepsy.org.uk

British Homeopathic Association

www.trusthomeopathy.org/index.html

British Osteopathy Council

www.osteopathy.org.uk

Cancer BACUP

www.cancerbacup.org.uk

Cascade Drug Information Service

www.cascade-drugs.org.uk

Coeliac UK

www.coeliac.co.uk

Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA)

www.clapa.mcmail.com

Continence Foundation

www.continence-foundation.org.uk/

Dystrophic Eperdermolysis Bullosa Research Association (DEBRA)

www.debra.org.uk

Ehlers-Danos Support Group

www.ehlers-danlos.org

Enuresis Resource and Information Centre (ERIC)

www.enuresis.org.uk

Haemophilia Society

www.haemophilia.org.uk/home.html

Hypermobility Syndrome (HMS)

www.hypermobility.org

Headway West Midlands

www.headway-wm.org.uk

Long-term Medical Conditions Alliance (LMCA)

www.lmca.org.uk

Marfan Association UK

www.marfan.org.uk

Medical Devices Agency

www.medical-devices.gov.uk

Motor Neurone Disease Association

www.mndassociation.org/full-site/home.htm

Multiple Sclerosis Society

www.mssociety.org.uk/index.html

Muscular Dystrophy

www.dmd.nl/nonsciuk.html

Musculoskeletal Diseases

www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/c5.html

National Association for Colitis and Crohn’s Disease

www.nacc.org.uk

National Asthma Campaign

www.asthma.org.uk

National Back Pain Association

www.backpain.org

National Health Service – gateway to NHS Organisations

www.nhs.uk

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

www.ninds.nih.gov

National Society for Epilepsy

www.epilepsynse.org.uk

Neurofibromatosis Association

www.users.zetnet.co.uk/neurofibromatosis/

NHS Charges

www.doh.gov.uk/nhscharges/

NHS Direct – gateway to health information

www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk

Paget Gorman Society

www.pgss.org

Perthes Association

www.perthes.org.uk

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) Europe Association

www.ion.ucl.ac.uk/PSPeur/

Spinal Injuries Association

www.spinal.co.uk

Thirdaid – website that enables people who are coping with disease or injury to contact others in the same situation.

www.thirdaid.com

Tuberous Sclerosis Association

www.tuberous-sclerosis.org

UK Health Centre – internet health resource library

www.healthcentre.org.uk

UK Thalassaemia Society

www.ukts.org

Wired for Health – health information for teachers

www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk

World Health Organisation

www.who.int/en/

House and Home

Care and Repair England

www.ace.org.uk

Centre for Accessible Environment

www.cae.org.uk

Disabled Living Foundation

www.dlf.org.uk

Housing mobility and exchange services

www.homes.org.uk

Housing Options – advisory service for people with learning disabilities

www.housingoptions.org.uk

Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust

www.jrf.org.uk/housingandcare/

Landlord-Law – information an