Disability Links
Local Information
- View our local information database for disabled groups in the Derbyshire area
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.
Last updated: March 20, 2007