Useful Links
The Disabled Living Foundation
- Founded over 30 years ago, the Disabled Living Foundation has
become the leading source of information on disability equipment,
day-to-day household gadgets, new technologies and training techniques.
Disability Discrimination
Act - The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) aims to end the
discrimination which many disabled people face.
Disability.gov.uk -
Information on civil rights
Independent Living Fund -
A national resource dedicated to the financial support of disabled
people to enable them to choose to live in the community rather
than in residential care.
National Benevolent Fund for
the Aged - Provide direct help to improve the quality of life
for older people on low income.
Snowdon Award Scheme
- Provides grants towards related costs of study (ie computer equipment,
note taker/communicator costs, wheelchairs, travel etc) for students
with physical disabilities in further, higher education and training
studying at college/university within the UK
Family Fund Trust
- Aims to ease the stress on families who care for very severely
disabled children under 16, by providing grants and information
related to care.
Disability Wales / Anabledd
Cymru - The national association of disability groups in Wales,
working to promote the rights, inclusion, equality, and support
of all disabled people in Wales
Centre for Accessible Environments
- an information provider and a forum for collaborative dialogue
between providers and users on how the built environment can best
be made or modified to achieve inclusion by design. Founded in 1969,
registered as a charity in 1976, CAE is the acknowledged centre
of excellence on the practicalities of designing for accessibility.
Their services include information, training and consultancy.
Neater Solutions - Recognised
by health professionals and clients worldwide for the design, manufacture
and supply of specialist eating and drinking systems for people
who have difficulty in feeding themselves
Laterlife.com - A site
which aims to represent a different outlook for the over 50's and
to maximise our enjoyment and ability to live life to the full.
