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Community Education Lewisham (CEL)
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AbilityNet - A
new charity, formed jointly by The Computability Centre and The Foundation
for Communication for the Disabled, to extend their work of making
mainstream computer technology accessible to people with disabilities.
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Action Without Borders - A non-profit-making organisation based in New
York USA, that maintains a large directory of not-for-profit resources on
the Internet.
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ADO The Adult Dyslexia Organisation , who are based in Brixton, South
London.
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Attitude
Is Everything - A website promoting improving disabled people's access
to live music.
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BBC Ouch - Disabilities facts, features activities and information.
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Beautiful Octopus
Club - See Heart 'n' Soul listings for dates.
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British Educational Computing and Technology Agency -
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British Dyslexia
Association - See also
ADO for South London information.
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CANDO - The Careers Advisory Network on Disability Opportunities covers
employment/ careers issues for disabled students and graduates.
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Centre for
Accessible Environments - Provides information, training and consultancy
on access to the built environment for everyone
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Department Of The Environment UK - Information about housing adaptions
for disabled people. Part of the DETR Housing Policy website.
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Disability Discrimination Act - details from the Department For
Education and Employment UK.
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DisabilityNet
- Services for all disabled people and people with an interest in disability
issues.
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Drake Music Project - For information on 'E-Scape' technology; enabling
people ot perform and/or compose music whatever their mobility or ability.
DTI Terminal Approval
Policy Committee The function of this site is to be a national resource
for information on telecoms terminal equipment including: The development
and use of telecoms equipment to support people with disabilities.
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Films Involving
Disabilities - A list of feature films which portray or include
disability.
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Foundation
For People With Learning Disabilities - Working with people with
learning disabilities to improve their quality of life and raise awareness.
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Harrogate
Gateway Football Club - The site was set up to provide an insight into
football for people with learning disabilities and now hosts a UK football
directory (for people with learning disabilities), to put prospective
players, teams and volunteers in touch with each other.
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Health & Safety Executive - For more information about Health and Safety
issues, eg using computer screens.
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Heart 'n' Soul -
Working to define, support and champion the artistic, cultural and social
expectations of people with learning disabilities.
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Heavy Load - Heavyload are the only (as far as they know) rock band in
the UK made up of musicians with and without learning disabilities.
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Housing Information from the Department of the Environment UK (see
Department Of The Environment UK).
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Internet for Disabled People - Access to the Internet for disabled
people (NCSA).
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Lewisham Social Services - "We aim to be a Social Services Directorate
known for the quality of its service delivery and we will direct our
services to the most vulnerable people in Lewisham to make their protection
our highest priority. These ideas are at the heart of our service vision."
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London Disability
Arts Forum (LDAF) - "..founded in 1986 by a group of disabled people
frustrated by the lack of provison for disability in the arts world. "
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Multiple Sclerosis
Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Information and support
for people living with MS.
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NASEN - Homepage of the National Association for Special Educational
Needs. This Website provides teachers, parents and SENCOs with access to
books, support materials and newsletters.
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National
Autistic Society (NAS) - Includes information about autism and Asperger
syndrome, and about the support and services available in the UK for people
with an autistic spectrum disorder (autism or Asperger syndrome).
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National Disability Arts Forum - its mission is to create equality of
opportunity for disabled people in all aspects of the arts.
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People First
(Central England) - organised by and for people with learning
disabilities in the UK.
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People to
People - A project in Camberwell, South East London, which tackles the
abuse, vulnerability and isolation of people with learning disabilities by
working with people directly. Offers counselling, group work, special events
and social evenings. The BIG DECISION advisory group meets every month.
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RNIB (main page) - Royal National Institute for the Blind.
RNIB
links page.
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DragonDictate A very useful resource on the DragonDictate and other
speech recognition systems. Includes details of connecting a PC running
DragonDictate to a workstation running X-Windows for voice control using a
public domain software package called a2x and a FAQ section on Dragon and
other speech input systems.
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Granada Learning - Suppliers of software and technology for people with
learning disabilities.
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Inclusive Technology - Computer hardware and software products for
people with disabilities.
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SEN Teacher Resources - Freeware downloads, links and documents for
those involved in the education of pupils with severe and profound learning
difficulties, autism and other developmental and cognitive disabilities.
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TechDIS - This
site provides an on-line resource of information about products which are
available to assist those with disabilities. Providing information on
assistive, adaptive and enabling technologies to the Higher and Further
education in the UK.
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Widgit Software Ltd - Software for teachers, parents and carers to help
improve the literacy of special needs students and adults with learning
disabilities. Includes examples of software using symbols and images. May
assist with ideas for improving teaching and learning experiences.
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