Links
Voluntary organisations
There are a large number of voluntary organisations that provide information, support and advice for parents. Some of the main national voluntary organisations are listed below. Many of these have local groups and branches.
There are also a number of regional and local organisations:
AbilityNet www.AbilityNet.org.uk
AFASIC www.afasic.org.uk
Attention Deficit Disorder (Hyperactivity) www.adders.org
British Deaf Association www.bda.org.uk
British Dyslexia Association www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk
CLIMB (Children Living with Inherited Metabolic Disease)
www.climb.org.uk
Contact a Family www.cafamily.org.uk
Council for Disabled Children www.ncb.org.uk/cdc
Disability Net www.disabilitynet.co.uk
Disability Rights Commission www.drc-gb.org
Down's Syndrome Association www.dsa-uk.com
Dyspraxia Foundation www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk
Family Fund Trust (for families with severely disabled children)
www.familyfundtrust.org.uk
ICAN www.ican.org.uk
KIDS - Working for children with special educational needs
www.kids-online.org.uk
LOOK - National Federation of Families with Visually Impaired Children
www.look-uk.org/
MENCAP www.mencap.org.uk
Mentality www.mentality.org.uk
National Autistic Society www.nas.org.uk
National Blind Children's Society www.nbcs.org.uk
National Deaf Children's Society www.ndcs.org.uk
Network 81 www.network81.org
NSPCC www.nspcc.org.uk
Parents for Inclusion www.parentsforinclusion.org
Parenting UK www.parentinguk.org
Peepo www.peepo.com
PHAB www.phabengland.org.uk
Rathbone Special Educational Needs www.rathboneuk.org
Royal National Institute for the Blind www.rnib.org.uk
Royal National Institute for the Deaf www.rnid.org.uk
SANE www.sane.org.uk
SCOPE www.scope.org.uk
SENSE www.sense.org.uk
Young Minds www.youngminds.org.uk
Regional and local groups
Avon Autistic Foundation www.avon-autistic.demon.co.uk
Children's World www.childrensworldcharity.org
Somerset Impact www.somersetimpact.org.uk
Ups and Downs South West (support for parents of children with Down Syndrome)
email info@upsanddowns.fsnet.co.uk