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Ability Net
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Visit: www.abilitynet.co.uk
for information about specialist hardware and software for disabled
people |
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Action for
ME |
Visit: www.afme.org.uk
Information and support to people with Myalgic
Encephalomyelitis. |
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Alzheimer's Society |
Visit: www.alzheimers.org.uk
For people with Alzheimer and their families |
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ARC |
Visit: www.arcuk.org.uk
ARC is an umbrella organisation which brings
together those who provide for people with a learning
disability |
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Arthritis Care |
Visit: www.arthritiscare.org.uk
Support for all people with arthritis |
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ASPIE |
Visit: www.aspie.org.uk
A group for adults with Asperger’s Syndrome providing
motivation and friendship. Through meeting regularly ASPIE
organically improves prospects in education, employment. |
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British Council of Disabled People
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Visit: www.ukdpc.net
The Umbrella Organisation for Disabled People. |
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British Epilepsy Association |
Visit: www.epilepsy.org.uk
Epilepsy Action is the largest member-led epilepsy organisation
in Britain, acting as the voice for the UK's estimated 456,000
people with epilepsy. |
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British Heart Foundation |
Visit: www.bhf.org.uk
Support to heart patients and their families |
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Brittle Bone Society |
Visit: www.brittlebone.org
Information and advice |
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British Institute for Learning
Disabilities |
Visit: www.bild.org.uk
The
British Institute of Learning Disabilities is working to improve
the lives of people in the UK with a learning disability |
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Cancerlink |
Visit: www.cancerlink.org
Emotional support and information on cancer |
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Cystic Fibrosis Trust |
Visit: www.cftrust.org.uk
Information and advice |
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Department of
Transport |
Visit: www.dft.gov.uk
Access for Disabled People. |
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Diabetes UK |
Visit: www.diabetes.org.uk
For people with diabetes |
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Disabled Living Foundation |
Visit: www.dlf.org.uk
Access questions and equipment answers - this site gives
comprehensive advice on solving disability problems with supportive
equipment. Also interesting activities and how to make your
services more accessible to everybody. |
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Disabled Parents Network |
Visit: www.disabledparentsnetwork.org.uk
Disabled Parents Network (DPN) is a national organisation of and
for disabled people who are parents or who hope to become parents,
and their families, friends and supporters. |
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Direct.gov - Disabled Person's Pathways to
Work |
Visit: www.disability.gov.uk
Pathways to Work is a programme that helps people to get work if
they are receiving an incapacity benefit because of a health
condition or disability |
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Disabled Workers Co-operative |
Visit: www.disabledworkers.org.uk
A 'not-for-profit' organisation that is creating an online Database
of the skills, products and services that disabled people have to
offer. Registration on the database is FREE and it is FREE for
anyone to use. |
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Healthline - Connect to better health |
Visit: Healthline
- Type 2 Diabetes provides a very comprehensive
overview of Type 2 Diabetes as a critical starting point for
individuals and/ or their loved ones. |
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Living Made Easy |
Visit: www.livingmadeeasy.org.uk
Impartial and
expert advice on daily living equipment |
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MENCAP |
Visit: www.mencap.org.uk
Mencap works with people with a learning disability to fight
discrimination. It campaigns to ensure that their rights are
recognised and that they are respected as individuals. |
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Mobility
Roadshow
|
Visit: www.mobilityroadshow.co.uk
The best possible showcase of mobility and lifestyle products and
services |
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Multiple Sclerosis Society |
Visit: www.mssociety.org.uk
MS is the most common neurological disorder among young adults and
affects around 85,000 people in the UK. This site aims to help and
support people with MS. |
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National Autistic Society |
Visit: www.nas.org.uk
The site includes information about autism and Asperger syndrome,
and about the support and services available in the UK for; people
with an autistic spectrum disorder (autism or Asperger Syndrome),
the family, professionals and journalists |
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National Development Team - for people with learning
disabilities |
Visit: www.ndt.org.uk
They are working towards; People with learning disabilities to have
the same lives as everybody else. Good quality services and
supports. Better legislation and policy in health, social care,
education, employment, housing and transport. |
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Outsiders |
Visit: www.outsiders.org.uk
Outsiders is a community of disabled people who work with other
disability groups to increase understanding and work towards
solving personal problems faced by people with disabilities |
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Prader - Willi Syndrome Association |
Visit: www.pwsa.co.uk
Awareness, understanding and support - Improving the future for
people with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) |
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RADAR - The Disability Network |
Visit: www.radar.org.uk
RADAR
is the UK's largest disability campaigning organisation, with a
membership of over 900 disability organisations and individual
campaigners. |
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Royal National Institute of the Blind |
Visit: www.rnib.org.uk |
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Royal London Society for the Blind |
Visit: www.rlsb.org.uk
The Royal London Society for the Blind is committed to empowering
people with a visual impairment to lead independent lives through
the provision of high quality education, training and employment
services |
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Shaw Trust
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Visit: www.shaw-trust.org.uk
Shaw Trust is a national charity which champions the abilities of
disabled people. We have enabled over 10,000 people, with all types
of disability, to make the most of their skills, abilities and
employment opportunities. |
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Skill National Bureaux for students with
Disabilities.
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Visit: 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. |
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Stroke Association
|
Visit: www.stroke.org.uk
The Stroke Association's Community Services provide support for
people affected by stroke. We have an information and education
service and provide welfare grants and publications. |
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You can do it. |
Visit: www.ucandoit.org.uk
UCanDoIT teaches disabled people computer and Internet skills. |
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Guide Dogs for the Blind
Association |
Visit: graphics.gdba.org.uk |