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DisabledGo (DGO)
DGO, for disabled people, free access guide information for shops, services, hotels, pubs, restaurants across the UK. UseDGO to make direct enquiries about access and find what is accessible for you
http://www.disabledgo.info/ - Details

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Action for Blind People (ABP)
A national visual impairment charity which provides practical support and advice on employment,legal and housing issues for blind and partially sighted people. We also offer holidays breaks and children's sports clubs for visually impaired people. We introduce over 22,000 people with sight loss to our service each year.

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

British Association for Supported Employment
A model for a partnership strategy, which will enable people with disabilities to achieve sustainable long-term employment and businesses to employ valuable workers. There are numerous barriers that people with disabilities face as they seek to achieve equality in our society. Among the most daunting, are discrimination, fear, ignorance, prejudice, accessibility, and equal rights to service. The concept of social inclusion seeks to overcome these barriers.

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

Adept Disability Equality 4.0

Through training and consultancy services, we want to increase disabled people's access to mainstream services and employment. On this website you will find all the help you need to turn your organisation into an inclusive place for people to work, rest and play.

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

Door to Door: a travel guide for disabled people 3.0

Door to Door brings together in one website all the information that disabled people need to make informed decisions and choices. However, if you want to find out more detailed information about specific issues, the website also features direct links to the websites of other organisations.

Comments: 0; Added: 09-10-2007)

http://www.dptac.gov.uk/door-to-door/ - Details

Brittle Bone Society 4.0

The Brittle Bone Society is a UK charity providing support to people affected by the rare genetic bone condition Osteogenesis Imperfecta.

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

Chinese Mental Health Association (CMHA)
The Chinese Mental Health Association (CMHA) is actively involved in providing direct services, increasing mental health awareness, representing the wide spectrum of Chinese mental health issues in public forums and raising its profile in the overall Chinese community.

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

Ataxia-Telangiectasia Society
The A-T Society is a self-help group of families who have children with A-T. The objective of the A-T Society is to alliviate the distress and suffering that A-T causes. The A-T Society is a self-help group of families who have children with A-T. The objective of the A-T Society is to alleviate the distress and suffering that AT causes.

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

Capability Scotland
Capability Scotland: Scotland's leading disability organisation provides flexible services which support disabled people, their families and carers. Working for a just and fair Scotland by influencing policy legislation, practice and attitudes.

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http://www.capability-scotland.org.uk/ - Details

British Dyslexia Association
Our vision is of a dyslexia friendly society that will enable all dyslexic people to reach their potential.

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http://www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk/ - Details

Whizz-Kidz : Move A Life Forward 4.0

Whizz-Kidz is a national children’s charity that provides mobility equipment like wheelchairs and tricycles (that is not available from the NHS) to disabled children. The charity is also dedicated to providing help and advice to the children and their families and raising awareness of the issues they face through national campaigning.

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http://www.whizz-kidz.org.uk/ - 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.

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

Disability Wales (DW) 4.0

DW is an independent, not for profit organisation established in 1972. We are a membership organisation of disability groups and allies from across Wales We occupy a unique position within Wales by championing the rights and equality of all disabled people regardless of physical or sensory impairment, learning difficulty or mental health condition. We recognise that many disabled people have many identities and can face multiple-discrimination.

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

Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
EHRC champions equality and human rights for all, working to eliminate discrimination, reduce inequality, protect human rights and to build good relations, ensuring that everyone has a fair chance to participate in society.

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

http://www.cre.gov.uk/ - 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

Cardiff and Vale Coalition of Disabled People (CVCDP)
We advise a range of statutory, private and voluntary sector organisations on disability equality issues, encouraging them to adopt a Social Model approach to their work. Also provide Training and Consultancy to organisations on a range of equality issues including Disability Access Audits, the Disability Equality Duty, Disability Equality Schemes and much more.

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

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