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An attempt has been made to list sites that are ‘live’ or shortly to become ‘live’. There is information on many more contacts and organisations - use the sections listed in the main index.If you would like your site listed please email

AbilityNet
http://www.abilitynet.co.uk

A Cancer Z
Online resource for Cancer
http://www.acancerz.com

The Accessible Property Register
http://www.accessible-property.org.uk
New website which will bring information about accessible and adapted residential property into the mainstream. They aim to be the first port-of call for anyone wanting a home for life.

AccessibleUK
http://www.accessibleuk.com
Verified and photographed accessible information.

Accessible Holidays
http://www.atlholidays.com/

Action for Blind People
http://www.afbp.org

Action for Sick Children
http://www.actionforsickchildren.org.uk

Age Concern England
http://www.ace.org.uk
Age Concern Scotland
http://www.ageconcern
scotland.org.uk

Age Concern Cymru
http://www.accymru.org.uk
Age Concern N.Ireland
http://www.ageconcernni.org

All for UKparents
http://www.ukparents.co.uk/

Alzheimer Scotland
(Action on Dementia)
http://www.alzscot.org

Angela Maxwell

http://www.angelamaxwell.com
State pensions and benefits consultant

The Appeals Service
http://www.appeals-service.gov.uk

Arachnoiditis - Fighting Back
http://www.snazzreality.co.uk/
arachnoiditis.html

Documentary video about this disease.

Aromacaring
http://www.aromacaring.co.uk
Aromatherapy for special needs.

The Evening Argus is published by Newsquest (Sussex) Ltd.
http://www.argus-btn.co.uk

A Step Forward
http://www.astepforward.co.uk
A community and information site that has been set up for disabled people, their carers, families and friends.

ASBAH (Association for Spina Bifida
and Hydrocephalus)
http://www.asbah.demon.co.uk

Association for Supported Employment (AFSE)

www.afse.org.uk
It is aimed at supporting the needs of agencies and staff working in Supported Employment


Autism Awareness Campaign UK
http://www.geocities.com/
ivan_corea/autismawarenesscampaign

Calling for more publice services for the autistic community

Autistic Society
http://www.autisticsociety.org/
Focuses on Autistic Spectrum Disorders and coexisting conditions.

Autism Spectrum Disorders
Or “Ooops...Wrong Planet! Syndrome”
www.isn.net/~jypsy

Awear (UK) Ltd
http://www.awear.org.uk

Back and Spinal Pain Sufferers (BASPS)

http://www.smartgroups.
com/Groups/BASPS

Support group for Back and Spinal Pain sufferers and a chance to make new friends  and swap experiences.

BALASA (British Amputee & Les Autres Sports Association)
http://www.chap14.freeserve.co.uk/balasa

Benefits and Work 
http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk
Provide guides to claiming benefit

Benign Intercranial Hypertension (BIH)
(Pseudotumor Cerebri)
http://www.mjmoore.co.uk/bih/

Big Print Newspaper
http://www.big-print.co.uk

BiOptic Driving
http://www.biopticdriving.org
A not for profit network concerned with developing/advancing the use of BiOptics for driving.

Birmingham Carers
http://www.birmingham-carers.org.uk

Birthplan
www.birthplan.co.uk
Products for people starting a family and parents with young children

Blue Badge Alliance
http://www.bluebadge.org.uk/
‘Forward Together with Mobility Awareness’

British Diabetic Association
http://www.diabetes.org.uk

British Epilepsy Association
http://www.epilepsy.org.uk

British Institue of Learning Disabilities
(BILD)

http://www.bild.org.uk/

British Society for Disability and Oral Health
(BSDH)
http://www.bsdh.org.uk

British Stammering Association
http://www.stammering.org

British Wheelchair Sports Foundation
www.britishwheelchairsports.org

Capability Scotland
http://www.capability-scotland.org.uk
Capability Scotland is the country's largest disability organisation. They provide a broad range of services to adults and children with physical and/or learning disabilities and campaign for equal rights.

CALL (Communication Aids for Language and Learning) http://callcentre.education.ed.ac.uk

Can I Get In
http://www.canigetin.co.uk
Information on wheelchair accessible establishments in South Yorkshire.

Caravan Sitefinder UK
http://caravan-sitefinder.co.uk/
features/disabled/

Caravanning4u
http://www.caravanning4u.co.uk
Has a section for the disabled tourist
giving destinations and other help.

Camden Council Web Site (London)
http://www.camden.gov.uk

Care Guide UK
http://www.careguide.uk.com/elderly.htm
8000 Residential and Nursing Homes

CancerBacup
http://www.cancerbacup.org.uk

Cancer Research Campaign
http://www.crc.org.uk

CareandHealth
http://www.careandhealth.com/
Careandhealth is a major on-line resource for people in the care sector.
The site has a database of all UK approved social work courses, extensive policy and law references, a sector specific care jobs service, daily news, features on professional practice, over 1600 links to other sites,
discussion areas and guides to finding the right training courses


Carers Online

http://www.carersonline.org.uk
Carers Online is a partnership website. It provides carers, those supporting them and others with national and local information.


Caring Matters
http://www.caringmatters.dial.pipex.com/
Provide information about the rights, responsibilities, and resources for people whose lives are touched by long term care. Legal and financial matters related to mental incapacity are our speciality.

Carry on Gardening
http://www.carryongardening.org.uk
Associated with 'THRIVE'
http://www.thrive.org.uk

  Centre for Accessible Environments
http://www.cae.org.uk

Council for Disabled Children, National Children’s Bureau
http://www.ncb.org.uk

CharityNet
http://www.CharityNet.org

CharityCard
http://www.CharityCard.org
CAF CharityCard is the world's only charity
debit card allowing regular and tax-effective giving. Cardholders can now make secure
online donations to any recognised good cause.

CAF Online
http://www.cafonline.org
CAF's own site provides a complete interactive resource and online guide to the products and services it offers to charities, individuals and companies across the globe.

C.E.L.L - Cancer of the Eye LinkLine 
http://pages.zoom.co.uk/cell/index.htm
They are a voluntary helpline for people who have suffered the loss of an eye/eyes through Cancer or other trauma and offer a 24 hour telephone helpline , information, befriending scheme and guidance.  

Centre for Accessible Environments.
http://www.cae.org.uk/

Cheshire Disabilities Federation
http://home.btconnect.com/CDF/cdf.htm
Network of Disability Information Service Providers.

Child Poverty Action Group
http://www.cpag.org.uk/

Children's Books About Autism
http://www.hugsfeelgood.com

The Childrens Society
http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/

Chiropractic Associations
http://www.chiropractic-uk.co.uk
http://www.gcc-uk.org
http://www.sca-chiropractic.org
http://www.chirosport.org

http://www.mctimoney-chiropractic.org

ComradesandColleagues.com
http://www.comradesandcolleagues.com
Armed forces reunion site (UK,Australia and New Zealand)

Connect
http://www.ukconnect.org
Their vision is a world where people living with stroke and aphasia can find opportunity and fulfilment. They develop and deliver innovative therapy and support programmes, publishing resources to facilitate healthy living with aphasia (including the publication ‘The Stroke and Aphasia Handbook’) and through running a training programme of courses for health service providers.

Connects
http://www.connects.org.uk
Forum for the sharing of information by people whose lives are touched by mental health problems and/or learning disabilities.

Contact a Family
http://www.cafamily.org.uk

Crooked Rainbows
http://www.crookedrainbows.com
A gift and greeting card company that features kids and adults with disabilities doing everyday,
wonderful, inspirational things.

Crossroads Carers (North Somerset
)
http://www.crossroads-northsomerset.org
Caring for carers


Days out.com

http://www.daysout.com
Days out in the UK.With strong emphasis on attractions that cater for special needs and autism.

Defeating Deafness
http://www.defeatingdeafness.org

Defeating Deafness is a research charity dedicated to supporting medical research into deafness and other hearing problems. The website has varied and entertaining news stories alongside well-written and informative resource and medical information.

Disability Alliance
http://www.disabilityalliance.org

Disabled Children in Sunderland
http://www.sncwd.org.uk/

Disabled Drivers Information
http://www.disabled.driverinfo.btinternet.
co.uk

Infromation on areas that connect disability
and driving including adaptations.

Disable Jobsite
http://www.disablejobsite.co.uk
Their services play a critical role in assisting disabled people on the pathway to work

Disability Information Trust
http://home.btconnect.com/ditrust/home.htm
Information on equipment

Disability Friends

http://www.geocities.com/
dfriendswebpals/

A web pal or a chat if your
disabled


Disability Sport - Northern Ireland 
http://www.dsni.co.uk
Umbrella organisation for disability sports in Northern Ireland - opportunities for children and adults with disabilities. 

The Disabled Workers Co-operative
http://www.disabledworkers.org.uk

David Lewis Foundation
http://www.davidlewis.org.uk

Deafblind UK
http://www.cyberdocs.net/deafblind/
 

Deafsign.com
http://www.deafsign.com
Popular interactive Forum site on deafness and sign language issues with many useful features, including graphic examples of British Sign Language, Fingerspelling and Deafblind alphabet, for students, families and professionals.

DIAL information and advice services
http://www.dialuk.org.uk

Disability and the Internet
http://www.toseland.pwp.
blueyonder.co.uk/disabiliti/index.htm
A site by Evelyn Toseland. The site has resources for disabled people, descriptions of some disabilities and a lot of material on making Web pages for disabled people.

Disability Matters Ltd
http://www.disabilitymatters.com
To help organisations profit from the
potential of disabled people.

Disability Now
http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk
The biggest-selling monthly
newspaper which focuses on disability.

Disability Rights Commission
http://www.drc-gb.org/drc/default.asp

DISABILITY WORLD
http://www.disabilityworld.com

Disabled City
http://www.disabledcity.co.uk/
Lots of topics & disabilities

Disabled Living Foundation
http://www.dlf.org.uk/

Disability Conciliation Service (DCS).
http://www.dcs-gb.net
Supporting disabled people to exercise their rights under the Disability Discrimination Act

Disabled Drivers’ Motor Club Ltd
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ddmc/

Disabled Living Centres Council (DLCC)
http://www.dlcc.org.uk

Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC)
http://www.dptac.gov.uk

Disabled Person Com
www.disabledperson.com
On-line Magazine for the Disabled

Disabled United
http://www.disabledunited.com
A meeting place for the disabled community with various forums, chat room, friends and dating service and swap shop

DISCERN
http://www.discerncounselling.org.uk
Counselling service for the disabled and their carers in Nottinghamshire

DLA group
http://members.fortunecity.com/dla2
To help claimants of UK Disability Living Allowance get advice and help when needed.

Dog AID (Assistance in Disability)
http://www.dogaid.org.uk
Training your pet dog to assist
 with  your disability.

Dogs for the Disabled
www.dogsforthedisabled.org

Down’s Syndrome Association
http://www.dsa-uk.com

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