 There
are many websites offering advice and information about disability
and parenting. Here are some you might find helpful.
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Autistic
Society
Focusing on Autistic
Spectrum Disorders, offering supportive, informative and friendly
community for parents, people with Autism, families and professionals.
Audit
Commission
The Audit Commission
are responsible for ensuring that public money is spent economically,
efficiently and effectively in the areas of local government,
housing, health and criminal justice services.
Barnardo's
Barnardo's vision is that the lives of all children and young
people should be free from poverty, abuse and discrimination.
Brainwave
At its Centre of
Excellence in Bridgwater, Brainwave offers a highly innovative
and effective form of rehabilitation for children with special
needs who, in some cases, have been written off as virtually
beyond help.
Childcare
Link
ChildcareLink provides details of local childcare providers
in England and Scotland as well as general information about
childcare.
Contact A Family
Contact a Family is a national registered charity, supporting
families with disabled children, including those with rare
disorders.
Child
Rights Information Network
Since its adoption in 1989 after more than 60 years of advocacy,
the Convention on the Rights of the Child has been ratified
more quickly and by more governments than any other human
rights instrument.
Early
Support
This website provides information, news and up-dates on Early
Support (previously known as the Early Support Pilot Programme),
a UK government initiative to improve services for disabled
children under three and their families.
HemiHelp
HemiHelp is a UK
based charity for children and young people with hemiplegia.
Living
with Cerebral Palsy
Is a website for
people who have Cerebral Palsy and or Scoliosis and would
like to find information and share their experiences with
others.
The
Grandparents' Association
(formerly known
as the Grandparents' Federation) Offers help, support and
a point of contact to grandparents who are estranged from
young relatives or whose grandchildren/young relatives are
in care, and to grandparents who are bringing up their grandchildren.
National
Deaf Childrens Society
The Uk's leading
charity soley dedicated to supporting deaf children, their
families and deaf young people.
Parents
Centre
Information and
support for parents on how to help with your child's learning,
including advice on choosing a school and finding childcare
Right
From The Start
Aimed at professionals
who share the news of a childs additional needs.
Save The Children
The UK's leading international children's charity,
working to create a better future for children.
Scope
Scope is a national
disability organisation whose focus is people with cerebral
palsy.
Sibs
Sibs is the UK charity
for people who grow up with a disabled brother or sister.
They support siblings who are growing up with or who have
grown up with a brother or sister with any disability, long
term chronic illness, or life limiting condition.
Special
Needs Kids
This site is an
Information Directory and shopping site to help parents and
carers of children with special needs.
The
Childrens Trust
The Children's Trust, based at Tadworth in Surrey, is a registered
charity providing special care for severely disabled children
many of whom have particularly complex health needs.
Tuberous
Sclerosis Association
The UK charity that supports, promotes awareness, and seeks
the causes and best possible management of Tuberous Sclerosis
(TSC).
NOTE:
A mention of any product, treatment,
therapy or event within any of these web links does not constitute
endorsement
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