Education (see ‘EDUCATION’ section)

Help with money

The Family Fund is funded by government to support families caring for severely disabled children under 16. The Fund gives grants related to the care of the child such as laundry equipment, holidays, outings, driving lessons, bedding and clothing. Please apply in writing giving the name and date of birth of your child, brief details of his/her disability and the kind of help you need. The address to write to is: The Family , Po Box 50, York YO1 2ZX
Tel: 0845 13045 42

Babies
Register Our Babies (ROB)
http://www.registerourbabies.org.uk
Aims to get legal registration for babies born silently after 18 weeks of pregnancy, as currently they are classed as a miscarriage until 24 weeks.

Benefits

See ‘Financial Help’ section; also leaflet HB3 - Payment for People Severely Disabled by Vaccine , from your local Social Security office or the Vaccine Damage Payments Unit, Palatine House, Lancaster Road, Preston PR1 1HB, Tel: 01772 899 693

After I’ve gone : what will happen to my handicapped child? - By Gerald Sanctuary, Souvenir Press £8.95Handicap : a parents’ guide on how to help a child - By Andrew Brereton, Minerva Press, £6.95To a different drumbeat. Guide to parenting children with special needs - by P. Clarke, H Kofsky and J Laurol, Hawthorn Press, £8.50

The Wheelchair Child - By Philippa Russell, Souvenir Press, £8.50