Links to other resources

Help and advice for disabled adults and children use computers and the internet at home by offering a one stop shop for assistive technology needs.

Provides information and free practical help to sufferers of ADHD and their families.

Avises and gives support to empower dyslexia adults, taking account of their particular and very different needs.

Information, advice, advocacy and respite day care services to Asian people with disabilities.

Provides practical support, services and training for those with Asperger's Syndrome, their families and carers.

On-line information.

Lines open: Monday to Friday 10am-4pm/Tuesday & Wednesday 5pm-7pm. Help and information for dyslexic people.

A national organisation, which supports families whose children have disabilities and special needs. It has a telephone helpline and produces a directory of specific conditions and rare syndromes, in children, and their support networks.

Provides care and support to those in need. Part of the Church of Scotland but available to people of all faiths or none at all.

Text phone: 01302 310123 (please use voice announcer) A national organisation for a network of approximately 130 Disability Information and Advice Line services. Provides information and advice to disabled people and others on all aspects of living with a disability.

Provides information on social security benefits and tax credits to disabled people, their families, carers and professional advisers.

Lines open: Monday to Friday 10am-4pm Provides information and advice on all types of disability equipment and mobility products for older and disabled people, carers and families.

Lines open: Monday, Tuesday & Thursday 12 noon - 2pm/Wednesday 7pm-9pm Provides information and support for disabled people who are parents or who hope to become parents and their families, friends and supporters.

Helpline open: Monday to Friday 10am-1pm. Provides support for individuals, families and carers affected by dyspraxia. Also help for professionals to assist those with dyspraxia. Supports a network of local groups across the UK.