Abilitynet
AbilityNet provides free information and advice, individual assessment of technology needs, the supply of assistive technology with free support, a programme of awareness education, and consultancy for employers on system and workstation adaptations to allow people with disabilities to use technology effectively.
Advisory Centre for Education
This site has briefing and guides on disability and education.
Advocacy Partners
Advocacy Partners represent the interests of people who have a learning disability,
helping them to make their own decisions and supporting them through citizen advocates.
Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (ASBAH)
ASBAH supports people with spina bifida or hydrocephalus.
Association for Higher Education Access and Disability (AHEAD)
AHEAD is an independent non-profit organisation in Ireland working to promote full access to and participation in higher education for students with disabilities.
Association of Blind and Partially Sighted Teachers and Students
ABAPSTAS is an national organisation of visually impaired people which focuses on education and employment issues.
Basic Skills for adults with learning difficulties or disabilities
This is an electronic version of Basic Skills for adults with learning difficulties or disabilities: A resource pack to support staff development, produced by the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) and the Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA). The pack is designed to be used by adult basic skills tutors and can be used either as a stand alone resource or alongside the printed version.
British Council of Disabled People (BCODP)
The British Council of Disabled People is the UK's national organisation of the worldwide Disabled People's Movement.
British Deaf Association
The British Deaf Association represents the Sign Language community.
British Dyslexia Association
The British Dyslexia Association seeks to influence government and other institutions to promote a dyslexia friendly society. It seeks to raise awareness of the evidence and effects of dyslexia and develops and encourages services that meet the needs of dyslexic people.
The Centre for Accessible Environments (CAE)
The Centre for Accessible Environments (CAE) is an information provider and a forum for discussion between providers and users on how the built environment can best be made or adapted to ensure inclusion by design.
Capability Scotland
Capability Scotland is a Scottish disability organisation which provide a range of services to support disabled people of all ages in their everyday lives.
Community Legal Service Direct
Community Legal Service Direct provides free information, help and advice on a range of common issues, including issues relating to disabilities.
Community Service Volunteers (CVS)
CSV works to reconnect people to their community through volunteering and training.
Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People (CACDP)
The Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People (CACDP) is a registered charity which aims to raise standards of communication between deaf and hearing people.
DeafBlind Scotland
Deafblind Scotland assists deafblind or dual sensory impaired people throughout Scotland to cope with their disability and to lead as fulfilled and independent lives as possible.
Disability Alliance
Disability Alliance provides information on social security benefits for disabled people, giving regularly updated information about benefits, tax credits, and community care as well as disability related campaigns and parliamentary news.
Disablility Resource Team
The Disability Resource Team (DRT) is one of the leading providers of transcription, training and information service in the UK.
Disability Rights Commission
The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) is an independent body established in April 2000 by Act of Parliament to stop discrimination and promote equality of opportunity for disabled people.
Dyslexia Institute
The Dyslexia Institute (DI) is an educational charity for the assessment and teaching of people with dyslexia and for the training of teachers. It also produces its own publications, teaching materials and research findings.
Dyspraxia Foundation
The Dyspraxia Foundation are a UK charity which helps people to understand and cope with dyspraxia. It provides information and support for parents, teenagers and adults who have the condition, and for professionals who help them.
Employers Forum on Disability
The Employers Forum on Disability was set up to support employers and service providers, sharing best practice to make it easier to employ disabled people and serve disabled client.
Epilepsy Action
The website of the British Epilepsy Association.
Hearing Concern
Hearing Concern is a UK charity solely dedicated to hard-of-hearing adults and provides advice, support and information.
LEAD Scotland
L ead Scotland, Linking Education and Disability, is a charity that enables disabled adults to access education and learning opportunities.
Mencap
Mencap is a UK learning disability charity working with people with a learning disability and their families and carers. They fight for equal rights, campaign for greater opportunities and challenge attitudes and prejudice. They also provide advice and support to meet people's needs throughout their lives.
Mental Health Foundation
The Mental Health Foundation helps people survive, recover from and prevent mental health problems. It conducts research, develops services, designs training, and seeks to influence policy and raise public awareness.
MIND
Mind is a mental health charity in England and Wales which supports people with mental health problems.
National Autistic Society
The National Autistic Society exists to champion the rights and interests of all people with autism and to ensure that they and their families receive quality services appropriate to their needs.
Regard
The National Organisation of disabled lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people.
Royal National Institute of the Blind
The RNIB are a UK charity offering information, support and advice to people with sight problems.
Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID)
RNID is a charity representing deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK.
Scottish Association for Mental Health
The Scottish Association for Mental Health provides a range of services across Scotland for people with mental health problems.
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations Centre Resource Base
These pages provide detailed information and links on key equalities issues, including disability issues.
Scottish Executive Human Rights Pages
These pages provide information about the Scottish Executive policy developments relating to human rights.
Scottish Human Rights Centre
Scottish Human Rights Centre seeks to promote human rights in Scotland through the provision of advice, information, research.
Scottish Sensory Centre
The Scottish Sensory Centre promotes and supports new developments and effective practices in the education of children and young people with sensory impairments.