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Dyslexic advice and community arts.
http://www.dyslexic247.co.uk/ - Details

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Advisory Centre for Education (ACE) Ltd.
Free telephone advice for parents on education issues.

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http://www.ace-ed.org.uk/ - Details

Place 2 Be
The Place2Be was established in 1994 in response to increasing concern about the extent and depth of emotional and behavioural difficulties displayed in classrooms and playgrounds.

Comments: 0; Added: 24-03-2008)

http://www.theplace2be.org.uk/ - Details

Volunteering England
Volunteering England works to promote volunteering as a powerful force for change, both for those who volunteer and for the wider community. This web site offers a range of resources for anyone who works with or manages volunteers as well as to those who want to volunteer.

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http://www.volunteering.org.uk/ - Details

RNIB National Library Service
Anyone who wants to read books in alternative formats can join the library. A variety of books for study and leisure are available, for all ages.

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http://www.nlbuk.org/ - Details

Aspire

Our services cover a diverse range of areas, all of which we know are in demand by many of the 40,000 people living with spinal cord injury in the UK. Sometimes we are called upon to provide a practical solution; a grant for a wheelchair that will give the user independent mobility for the first time since their injury or supported housing that will allow the tenant to move out of a care home, for example.

Comments: 0; Added: 23-03-2008)

http://www.aspire.org.uk/ - Details

Tacade
Tacade is a leading not-for-profit charitable organisation with over 40 years experience of working both at a national and international level. The charity is renowned for a quality service delivery within health education.

Comments: 0; Added: 06-10-2007)

http://www.tacade.com/ - Details

Assistive Media
We provide audio access to reading materials for anyone with a reading access barrier. Talented volunteers record magazine articles and other short works which are then available for download or in our podcast. There are hundreds of recordings of magazine articles, short stories, and selections from anthologies.

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http://www.assistivemedia.org/ - Details

Abilityinfo 4.0

A website for students that are studying in the field of disability, as well as professionals working within it.

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http://www.abilityinfo.com/ - Details

Dean Birders
Birdwatching information, gallery, and reports from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire maintained by and for disabled and elderly birdwatchers.

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http://www.deanbirders.co.uk/ - Details

The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)
NIACE is the leading non-governmental organisation for adult learning in England and Wales. It promotes the interests of all adult learners across all sectors and institutions, through advocacy, publications, conferences, and campaigns such as Adult Learners Week

Comments: 0; Added: 07-10-2007)

http://www.niace.org.uk/ - Details

Knoxville disABILITY Resource Center (KDRC)
KDRC is a non-for-profit organization run for and BY people with disabilities. The DRC is a Center for Independent Living (CIL). We are a community-based non-residential program of services designed to assist people with disabilities to gain independence and to assist the community in eliminating barriers to independence. We work with people who have disabilities to create their own practical plan to achieve independence based on their goals, priorities and needs! Over fifty-one percent of the Board of Directors and staff at a Center for Independent Living such as the disABILITY Resource Center are people with disabilities.

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http://www.drctn.org/ - Details

Society for Disability Studies
The Society for Disability Studies (SDS) is a scholarly organization that is dedicated to the cause of promoting the disability studies as an academic discipline. According to SDS's Mission Statement, through research, artistic production, teaching and activism, the Society for Disability Studies seeks to augment understanding of disability in all cultures and historical periods, to promote greater awareness of the experiences of disabled people, and to advocate for social change."

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http://www.disstudies.org/ - Details

Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) 5.0

RDA is a federation of Member Groups, which are dedicated to improving the lives of people with disabilities, through the provision of opportunities for riding and/or carriage driving. Groups enable people to improve their health and wellbeing, delivering a real and lasting therapy that not only benefits mobility and co-ordination, but encourages confidence and self worth whilst having fun.

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http://www.riding-for-disabled.org.uk/ - Details

Nasen
Nasen is the leading organisation in the UK which aims to promote the education, training, advancement and development of all those with special and additional support needs. nasen reaches a huge readership through its journals: British Journal of Special Education, Support for Learning, new on-line publication Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs and the magazine Special. nasen formerly the National Association for Special Educational Needs was formed in 1992 when the National Association for Remedial Education (NARE) amalgamated with the National Council for Special Education (NCSE). This followed a decision by the two organisations to create a single, powerful voice to promote equal opportunities for all learners.

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http://www.nasen.org.uk/ - Details