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AbilityNet is a national charity helping disabled adults and children use computers and the internet by adapting and adjusting their technology.

ableize A UK and Ireland resource of disability mobility and special needs advice, support and information. Find products and services, sports and holidays plus the largest collection of disabled clubs, groups and charities in the UK. All this plus children's and child care needs, education, wheelchairs and vehicles plus mobility, walking, living and bathing aids. Ableize has disability covered and is owned, run and maintained by disabled people.

Cerebra is a unique charity set up to help improve the lives of children with brain related conditions through researching, educating and directly supporting children and their carers.

Connect is a national charity. Our vision is a world where people with aphasia (communication disability) can find opportunity and fulfilment.

DIAL UK, a national organisation for a network of approximately 120 local disability information and advice services run by and for disabled people. Last year DIALs helped over a quarter of a million disabled people.

Disabled Parents Network DPN provides information, advice and peer support to disabled parents, their families and supporters. We campaign on a local and national level to improve services for disabled parents. We also provide training and workshop facilitation to social and health professionals.

Disabilities Trust The Disabilities Trust was founded in 1979 to provide an imaginative new concept of personal care and specialist housing for people with special needs.

Disability Law Service (DLS) has provided high quality information and advice to disabled and Deaf people for over 30 years.

Face 2 Face the one-to-one befriending service for parents of disabled children.

Forum of Mobility Centres A network of 17 independent organisations covering England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, who offer professional, high quality information, advice and assessment to individuals who have a medical condition or are recovering from an accident or injury which may affect their ability to drive, access or egress a motor vehicle.

Livability is about creating choices for disabled people rather than making choices for them.  We believe that everyone should have the freedom to live their lives and use their abilities.  With the emphasis on choice, independence and control, we offer residential care services, supported living, lifestyle choices projects and accessible holiday accommodation, plus a school and further education colleges.  Together with Livability housing we work with over 8,500 disabled people and their families each year, throughout the UK.
We run two colleges and an education centre. These cater for young people with profound and multiple learning difficulties, with residential facilities available on-site.

KIDS is a charity which in its 38 years has pioneered a number of approaches and programmes for disabled children and young people. These include Home Learning (Portage), Parent Partnerships, Adventure Playgrounds and the inclusion of disabled children in mainstream settings. KIDS wishes to build on this history to meet the needs and aspirations of a new generation of disabled children and young people and their families. In doing this KIDS will become one of the leading charities in developing both the thinking and services that create an inclusive world for disabled children, young people and their families.

MoMo Helps is an independent charity whose aim is to provide easy access to funding for those families and individuals identified as ‘in need’ who come into one of the categories as defined on our Home page.

Sense is the leading national charity that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind. We provide expert advice and information as well as specialist services to deafblind people, their families, carers and the professionals who work with them. We also support people who have sensory impairments with additional disabilities.

SignHealth  has been working for over 20 years to improve the health of deaf people  - initially in mental health and now more generally.

Speakability  is the national charity that supports and empowers people with Aphasia to overcome the barriers they face by:

• supporting people with Aphasia and their carers through its Information Service, national network of Self-Help Groups and programme of activities
• influencing individuals, organisations and statutory bodies in order to improve services for people living with Aphasia
• raising funds to support these aims

Thrive is a small national charity, founded in 1978, that uses gardening to change the lives of disabled people

United Response   supports people with learning disabilities, mental health needs and physical disabilities to live in the community, across England and in Wales.

Vitalise  has been providing short breaks for disabled people and carers at accessible Centres in the UK since 1963*.

We firmly believe that disabled people should have the same rights, freedoms, responsibilities and quality of life as those without disabilitie