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General:
Metro Blind Sport - Metro is a London based sports and social club for visually impaired people of all ages primarily living within the M25. www.metroblindsport.org
South London Dial-a-Ride Limited - set up in April 1991 to provide a publicly funded door-to-door accessible transport service for people who can not use, or find it difficult to use, public transport in the boroughs of Kingston-upon-Thames, Wandsworth, Merton, Croydon, Sutton, Lambeth and part of Richmond-upon-Thames.
www.soldar.org/frames.htm
South London Dial-a-Ride Ltd, 45 Weir Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 8UG.
Enquiries: 020 8879 5023 (9:00am - 8:00pm, Mon - Fri)
Same Day Bookings: 020 8879 5022 (9:00am - 5:00pm, Mon - Sun)
e-mail: admin@soldar.org
The Baywatch Campaign
A survey of almost 1,000 disabled people and their families has found widespread abuse of disabled parking bays in supermarket carparks. The figures show 98 per cent of people had seen designated parking bays being misused, 70 per cent of them more than ten times.
The survey was organised by the Baywatch Campaign - British Polio Fellowship, Disabled Drivers' Association, Disabled Drivers' Motor Club (DDMC) and Disability Now. It raises questions over the supermarket's compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act.
Read the full story on the Disability Now web site at www.disabilitynow.org.uk/
WELDIS - An on-line information resource of services in and around Westminster for older people, people with disabilities and their carers. They also provide information on a wider range of subjects such as support groups for a very wide range of illnesses and conditions, information on substance misuse services and services for people with mental health problems.
http://www.westminster.gov.uk/socialservices/disability/index.cfm
Centre for Accessible Environments - charitable information and training body on the accessibility of the built environment for disabled people. (With discussion forum)
www.cae.org.uk
EXTEND - recreational movement to music for the over 60s and disabled people of all ages; training for teachers.
www.extend.org.uk
Ability Net is charity that provides impartial, expert advice about computer technology for disabled people.
www.abilitynet.co.uk
Disabled Citizens Advice Support Services www.discass.org.uk/index.html
Highly-Rated Sites for Accessibility:
Yuri Rubinsky Insight Foundation. One of the most well-known resource sites for people with disabilities on the Internet.
http://www.webable.com
Royal National Institute for the Blind: Major UK web site for people with vision impairments.
http://www.rnib.org.uk/
BECTA - British Education Communications and Technology Agency. Information on the education area of special needs. Formally the National Council for Education Technology (NCET).
http://www.becta.org.uk.
Scope - the main UK charity for people with cerebral palsy (CP). This site contains information for people with CP or their families, and care workers. It also contains information about the services available through Scope.
http://www.scope.org.uk/.
Microsoft's disability and technology pages.
http://www.microsoft.com/enable.
Disability Net. Information service, forum, shopping and resource database for the UK.
http://www.disabilitynet.co.uk/.
SDRU - Sensory Disabilities Research Unit. A study on how new technology can assist disabled and elderly people. http://phoenix.herts.ac.uk/PsyDocs/sdru/index.html .
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United Kingdom Sites:
Ability Web Directory
http://www.ability.org/
Ability UK - a charity that provides inclusive and accessible healthy lesiure and learning resources, particularly focusing on people who have special needs arising from disability, rehabilitation, or mental health problems.
http://www.ability-uk.org.
Action for M.E. Support.
http://www.afme.org.uk.
anAurora - The Internet Magazine for the disAble Woman. Their aim is to develop an on-line magazine that women with any disAbility can contribute to and read with enjoyment.
http://www.anaurora.co.uk/.
Assistive Technology On-Line.
http://www.asel.udel.edu/.
Assistive Education and Therapy Technologies.
http://www.assistive.co.uk.
Blazie Engineering - Manufacturers of Braille 'N Speak.
UK Web site: http://www.blazie.co.uk
Bobby - Web site accessibility analyser by Cast.
http://www.cast.org/bobby/.
Carry on Gardening
A charity promoting gardening as beneficial to physical and mental health. Site includes tools and maintenance tips.
http://www.carryongardening.org.uk.
Centre for Independent Living (Glasgow).
http://cil.gcal.ac.uk/.
Computing Out Loud - An independent site to help people using speech recognition software.
http://www.out-loud.com/.
Communication Matters (ISAAC UK) - Augmentative Alternative Communication aids.
http://www.communicationmatters.org.uk
Connections Disability, Information, News and Community Centre.
http://www.connections.gcal.ac.uk/.
CRDC - Choices and Rights Disability Coalition.
http://www.choicesandrights.demon.co.uk/.
CTI Human Services - Southampton University.
http://www.chst.soton.ac.uk/.
Database of Individual Patient Experiences
A website allowing users to share experiences with others who have had the same or similar diagnosis. So far the Hypertension and Prostate modules are ready for browsing.
http://www.dipex.org.
Disability Alliance.
http://www.disabilityalliance.org.
Disability Times - an on-line national newspaper run mainly by disabled people. The paper is totally independent and receives no funding from government or charity. They are not party political and publish right, centre and left political viewpoints
http://www.disabilitytimes.co.uk.
Disabled-Enabled.
http://www.disabled-enabled.com.
Disabled Living Foundation - a national UK Charity who aim to provide the best possible choice for people who use equipment to live a more independent life. The site contains a huge amount of information and resources.
http://www.dlf.org.uk
Disability Now - The award winning newspaper for everyone with an interest in disability.
http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk.
Disability on the Agenda - the governments Disability Discrimination Act and DfEE information site.
http://www.disability.gov.uk/.
Disability UK - a site built and maintained by disabled people for disabled people that covers topics such as health, medicines, alternative cures, law & legal, charities, help groups, social and housing benefits, disabled products, carers, etc.
http://www.disabilityuk.com
Disability World - based in Scotland. The site provides information on useful contacts for the Disabled and Adapted Holiday Accommodation. The site has an extensive links page and is updated on a weekly basis.
http://www.disabilityworld.com
Employment Opportunities for people with disabilities.
Their vision is "to achieve a society where the full potential of people with disabilities is recognised in every workplace".
http://www.opportunities.org.uk
Focus on Disability - an excellent resource of general information regarding disability in the UK.
http://www.crossd17.freeserve.co.uk/
HAFAD - Hammersmith and Fuham Action for Disability.
http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/street/xga79.
Heart 'n Soul Music Theatre - A leading disability arts group.
http://www.heartnsoul.co.uk.
Inspire - a website for creative people with disabilities.
Their aim is to provide a place where eligible people can show examples of their own creative work while also looking at other's efforts. Contributors don't have to be professional artists, and contributions don't have to fit an established fine arts category. Creativity encompasses any field where your imagination and the choices you make along the way result in the final product - activities like gardening and cooking are included here, as are activities like writing down your reviews of the things you use, see or participate in, taking a photo of your dog, writing a letter expressing your opinions about something.
http://www.inspire.melb.net.
Leonard Cheshire - the UK's largest voluntary sector provider of support services for disabled people. Supporting 14,000 disabled people offering flexible services to meet a range of needs. Leonard Cheshire also supports more than 250 projects in 53 countries around the world.
http://www.leonard-cheshire.org
Listening Books - a charity that provides a postal audio book library to people throughout the UK who have difficulty holding a book, turning a page or reading in the normal way.
You can write to them at 12 Lant Street, London, SE1 1QH. or telephone 020 7407 9417 or e-mail them on: info@listening-books.org.uk
http://www.listening-books.org.uk/
Multiple Sclerosis Society.
http://www.infosci.org/MS-UK-MSSoc/.
NADP - The National Association of Deafened People - the only organisation in the United Kingdom that caters solely for people who through accident or illness have lost most or all of their useful hearing. An inability to hear is one of the most difficult problems to overcome in our modern information rich society, much of which information is audibly based. Mobile and landline telephones, railway station announcements and public address systems in shopping centres are just a few examples of obstacles to hard of hearing, deaf or deafened people. The role of the NADP is to help such people to overcome some, if not all of these problems.
http://www.nadp.org.uk
National Autistic Society - UK resource guide.
http://www.mugsy.org/.
National Centre for Independent Living - The website is designed to be a resource on independent living and Direct Payments for disabled people and others working in the field. This site includes an opportunity to get problem solving ideas on every aspect of Independent Living; an A to Z of UK Social Services Deptartments; an A to Z of Local Support Schemes in the UK; a complete list of our publications including briefing papers on current issues such as charging, lifting and handling and legislation and an An Employer's Kit.
http://www.ncil.org.uk.
National Rehabilitation Centre for the Paralysed
http://www.nrcp.co.uk/.
The National Rehabilitation Centre for the Paralysed uses exercise therapy to help hundreds of people with conditions such as Spinal Cord Injury, Multiple Sclerosis, Spina Bifida, Cerebral Palsy, Stroke, brain damage and others to regain function and improve their quality of life. To request an information pack including video and brochure call Anne or Vanessa at the Centre on 01453 887 390, or e-mail info@nrcp.co.uk
Osmond Group - Ergonomically designed office products.
http://www.ergonomics.co.uk/.
Queen Elizabeth's Foundation - a national charity supporting over 20,000 physically disabled people annually.
http://www.qefd.org
Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB).
http://www.rnib.org.uk.
Scope - The national charity for people with Cerebral Palsy.
http://www.scope.org.uk/.
Sense - the UK's leading organisation working for people with deafblindness and associated disabilities.
http://www.sense.org.uk/.
Scottish Sensory Centre - for everyone who is involved in the education of children and young people with sensory impairment.
http://www.ssc.mhie.ac.uk/.
Special Needs Research and Development Centre.
http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/xplanatory/xplan.htm.
The Association to Aid the Personal and Sexual Relationships of People with a Disability - an online resource exploring the issues of personal and sexual relationships of people with a disability. An organisation that has existed for many years to ensure disabled people's sexual identity and needs are recognised
http://www.spod-uk.org/
Stroke Association.
http://glaxocentre.merseyside.org/stroke.html.
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
- providing guide dogs, mobility and other rehabilitation services to blind and partially sighted people.
http://www.guidedogs.org.uk
Thrive
Thrive is the national horticultural charity that exists to enable disadvantaged, disabled and older people to participate fully in the social and economic life of the community. Thrive supports a network of specialist projects that run programmes of horticultural activity for training and employment, therapy and health. Thrive provides expert advice on easier and accessible gardening for everyone, including older or mobility-restricted people.
http://www.thrive.org.uk/
'Train Taxi'
Helps travelers plan journeys, providing information on train stations with taxi ranks.
http://www.traintaxi.co.uk
United Response - a national charity supporting over 1200 people with learning disabilities and mental health problems.
http://www.united-response.co.uk
Youreable.com - Information, Products and Services for the Disabled Community
http://www.yourable.com/
Widgit Software for literacy and special needs.
http://www.widgit.com/.
Winton Field.
http://www.wintonfield.co.uk.
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International Sites:
Ability Online Support Network - An American electronic mail system that connects young people with disabilities or chronic illness to disabled and non-disabled peers and mentors.
http://www.ablelink.org/public/default.htm .
Disabled Peoples' International.
http://www.escape.ca/~dpi/links.html.
EASI - Equal Access to Software and Information.
http://www.rit.edu:80/~easi/.
Gladnet - Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network for Employment and Training.
http://www.gladnet.org/.
halftheplanet.com
An American disability-focused web site that offers information, products and services for people with disabilities and their families and friends. It also provides tools for independent daily living.
IBM Special Needs Systems.
http://www.austin.ibm.com/sns.
LC Technologies - Creators of the Eye-Gaze system.
http://www.lctinc.com/.
MedWeb - Disability Resource Pages.
http://www.gen.emory.edu/.
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic. America's education library for people with print disabilities.
http://www.rfbd.org/.
The Disability Connection - Apple Macintosh's disability information site.
http://www.apple.com/education/k12/disability/
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Dedicated to Web Page Access.
http://usableweb.com/topics/000316-0-0.html
Trace Centre.
http://trace.wisc.edu.
Web Site Accessibility Guidelines.
http://trace.wisc.edu/text/guidelns/htmlgide/htmlgide.html.
World Association for Person's with Disabilities (WAPD).
http://www.wapd.org/.
WAPD Links page.
http://www.wapd.org/links/index.html.
W3C Accessibility Developments.
http://www.w3.org/wai/references/.
The International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
http://www.ifglobal.org
