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Becoming Disabled
Useful Contact Information
The following organisations may be able to offer practical advice and support:
People With a Disability - information for anybody with a disability
The Link Up Club - run by people with learning and physical disability for people with disability. Our aims and objectives are to increase knowledge and life skills and independence.
Focus on Disability - a wide range of general information for the disabled and their carers in the UK.
Disabled Parents Network - is a membership organisation of and for disabled parents. They operate a peer support/contact register that is open to all disabled parents, circulate a newsletter to members and operate a help-line, which is operated by disabled parent volunteers. They also actively campaigns for improvements in services for disabled parents and collaborate with academic departments and independent researchers on research projects in areas of concern to disabled parents. They also provide tailored training sessions and speakers for Health and Social Care Professionals and other interested organisations.
Registered Office: Unit F9, 89-93 Font Hill Road, London N4 3JH
0870 241 0450
information@disabledparentsnetwork.org.uk
http://www.disabledparentsnetwork.org.uk/
Tameside Blind Association - voluntary organisation run by and for the visually impaired.
Department for Work and Pensions - for information about which benefits to claim, when to claim them and to find your local office.
020 7712 2386
www.dwp.gov.uk
Tameside Community Legal Service
www.tameside-cls.org.uk
Contact a Family - is dedicated to helping families who care for children with any disability or special needs.
www.cafamily.org.uk
Disability Links - A page of external links compiled by Tameside Council