Disability
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General Disabilities
- AskSara - Helps in finding advice and products that make daily living easier
- Ableize - Disability Directory of UK Disabled, Health, Care, Mobility, Services, Support and Social Needs
- Aidis Trust - Help for Disabled People on how to maintain and adapt their computer
- Break Charity - The charity Break offers respite care, specialist child care and UK holidays to provide carers with a rest.
- British Red Cross - Help for people in crisis and with independent living.
- ChooseMySupport - People living in Leicestershire and Leicester can search and buy local social care services and products to help them to live independent lives
- Confederation of Indian Organisations (UK) - Provide information, advice and support to stroke survivors and their carers in the South Asian Communities of Leicester and Leicestershire.
- Different Strokes - A registered charity providing a free service to younger stroke survivors throughout the United Kingdom
- Department for Transport - Disabled Parking Badges - Blue Badge Scheme.
- Direct Gov - Disabled People - Information from the Government for and about disabled people.
- Direct Gov - Young Disabled People - Information from the Government for and about young disabled people.
- Council for Disabled Children - Provides a national forum for the discussion and development of a wide range of policy and practice issues.
- Disabled Parents Network - A national organisation for disabled people who are or hope to become parents.
- Disability Alliance - Disability Alliance (social security benefits for disabled people).
- Disability Employment Advisory Committee - DEAC is an Advisory Committee which has been established that was established to look at employment issues for the disabled.
- Disability Information Network - National Federation of Families with Visually Impaired children.
- Disabled Living Foundation (DLF) - National charity that provides free, impartial advice about all types of disability equipment and mobility products.
- Equality and Human Rights Commission - Aims to stop discrimination and promote equality of opportunity for disabled people.
- Disabled Workers Co-operative - Aims to raise the independence of disabled people.
- Headway - The Brain Injury Association offering services to local people with brain injuries, illnesses and those close to them.
- Infolinx - Information about local services for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland.
- Leicestershire CareOnLine - Leicestershire CareOnline was set up to improve the lives of carers, disabled people and older people.
- Leicestershire County Council's Disability Policy - This policy sets out our commitment to disabled people.
- Leicester Disability Information - This Leicester Disability Information site has a variety of links for carers, including some useful information about local groups and services.
- Living made easy - Impartial advice and information for older and disabled people, carers and care professionals providing clear, practical advice on daily living equipment.
- MAGIC - Mobility and general information centre - put together by Ford Motor Company.
- Mosaic - A range of information and services that disabled people want; services that promote inclusion, independence, choice, empowerment, respect and dignity
- Remploy - Remploy finds jobs for disabled people in major organisations, as well as its own manufacturing and service businesses.
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR) - National UK organisation run by and for disabled people.
- Revealweb - List of accessible formats including a Catalogue of Resources and a Register of Suppliers.
- Ryder-Cheshire Volunteers - Leisure and learning activities for disabled people.
- Shaw Trust - Shaw Trust is a national charity helping people with disabilities find and retain work
- Short Breaks Network - The Short Breaks Network is a national organisation which promotes family-bkased short breaks (respite care) for disabled children.
- Signal Project - Promotes the use of equipment to assist people in managing some of their practical difficulties and in minimising risks
- Scope - For people with cerebral palsy and their families. Sections on schools and education.
- Speakability - National charity dedicated to supporting and empowering people with Aphasia and their carers.
- Speech Disorder - Information on speech disorders: causes, treatments and therapies.
- Speech and Language Therapy - University Hospitals of Leicester - Specialists in communication disorders and work to improve the ability of people under their care to communicate.
- The Stroke Association - UK wide charity that provides support people of all ages that have suffered a stroke.
- Talking Point - Information about communication development and disability.
- Totaljobs - Job vacancies for disabled people - amalgamated with jobability.
- UK Connect - A national charity that helps people with communication disabilities lead a better life.
Page Last Updated: 17 October 2008







