Ableize Disability Directory


UK disability and health directory. Assisting disabled people with sites offering advice, information, education, disabled and health goods and services. Also includes access issues, news, care facilities and the arts. Free to submit

AbilityNet
http://www.abilitynet.co.uk

A Cancer Z
Online resource for Cancer
http://www.acancerz.com

Access Project (PHSP) 
They publish well researched access guidebooks to London, Paris and Israel/Palestine
http://www.accessproject-phsp.org

The Accessible Property Register
http://www.accessible-property.org.uk
New website which will bring information about accessible and adapted residential property into the mainstream. They aim to be the first port-of call for anyone wanting a home for life.

Accessible Holidays
http://www.atlholidays.com/

Action for Blind People
http://www.afbp.org

Action for Sick Children
http://www.actionforsickchildren.org.uk

Age Concern - the UK's largest charity working with and for older people
Age Concern England
http://www.ace.org.uk
Age Concern Scotland
http://www.ageconcern
scotland.org.uk
Age Concern Cymru
http://www.accymru.org.uk
Age Concern N.Ireland
http://www.ageconcernni.org

Allergymatters
http://www.allergymatters.com
Allergymatters was founded in 2001 and has successfully established itself as the #1 resource for allergies.They aim is to promote good health to allergy sufferers through their knowledge and up-to-date information, advice and recommended products.

Alzheimer Scotland
(Action on Dementia)
http://www.alzscot.org

Angela Maxwell
http://www.angelamaxwell.com
State pensions and benefits consultant

Angloinfo
http://www.angloinfo.com/
Dedicated to bringing the essential English-language information needed for you to live the life you want to lead - anywhere in the world!

AntiAllergyProducts.com
http://www.antiallergyproducts.com
As well as selling anti-allergy products their website has lots of information regarding allergies.

Apparelyzed
http://www.apparelyzed.com/forums/
As well as a spinal cord injury peer support forum, this website provides patient Information about acute spinal cord injuries, as well as treatment, symptoms,information on long term rehabilitation issues to help improve the quality of life of those affected by spinal cord injuries.

The Appeals Service
http://www.appeals-service.gov.uk

Artificial Limb & Appliance Service of Wales
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/alas
The service offers a consistent and equitable service to people in Wales who have a permanent or long-term impairment. It is provided by a unique collaboration between three NHS Trusts and is commissioned via Health Commission Wales (HCW). The three ALAS centres (ALAC's) are situated in  Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham, working together to provide an All-Wales service

Arachnoiditis - Fighting Back
http://www.cofwa.org/FightingBack.htm
Documentary video about this disease.

Aromacaring
http://www.aromacaring.co.uk
Aromatherapy for special needs.

Assist UK
http://assist-uk.org/
Leads a UK wide network of locally-situated Disabled Living Centres. Each centre includes a permanent exhibition of products and equipment that provide people with opportunities to see and try products and equipment and get information and advice from professional staff about what might suit them best.

A Step Forward
http://www.astepforward.co.uk
A community and information site that has been set up for disabled people, their carers, families and friends.

ASBAH (Association for Spina Bifida
and Hydrocephalus)
http://www.asbah.org/

Association for Supported Employment (BASE)
www.afse.org.uk
It is aimed at supporting the needs of agencies and staff working in Supported Employment.

Autism Awareness Campaign UK
http://www.geocities.com/
ivan_corea/autismawarenesscampaign
Calling for more publice services for the autistic community

Autistic Society
http://www.autisticsociety.org/
Focuses on Autistic Spectrum Disorders and coexisting conditions.

Autism Spectrum Disorders
Or “Ooops...Wrong Planet! Syndrome”
www.isn.net/~jypsy

Awear (UK) Ltd
http://www.awear.org.uk

BALASA (British Amputee & Les Autres Sports Association)
http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/26739787/

Behcet’s Syndrome Society
ttp://www.behcets.org.uk
Behçet’s syndrome (now known as Behçet’s disease) is a chronic condition caused by disturbances in the body’s immune system.

Benefits and Work 
http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk
Provide guides to claiming benefit

Benign Intercranial Hypertension (BIH)
(Pseudotumor Cerebri)
http://www.mjmoore.co.uk/bih/

Big Print Newspaper
http://www.big-print.co.uk

BiOptic Driving
http://www.biopticdriving.org
A not for profit network concerned with developing/advancing the use of BiOptics for driving.

Birmingham Carers
http://www.birmingham-carers.org.uk

Blue Badge Alliance
http://www.bluebadge.org.uk/
‘Forward Together with Mobility
Awareness’

Blue Badge Mobility Tenerife
information and awareness about mobility services and disabled help for holiday makers in Tenerife.
http://www.bluebadge-tenerife.com/

British Diabetic Association
http://www.diabetes.org.uk

British Epilepsy Association
http://www.epilepsy.org.uk

British Institue of Learning Disabilities
(BILD)
http://www.bild.org.uk/

British Society for Disability and Oral Health (BSDH)
http://www.bsdh.org.uk

British Stammering Association
http://www.stammering.org

British Wheelchair Sports Foundation
www.britishwheelchairsports.org

Capability Scotland
http://www.capability-scotland.org.uk
Capability Scotland is the country's largest disability organisation. They provide a broad range of services to adults and children with physical and/or learning disabilities and campaign for equal rights.

CALL (Communication Aids for Language and Learning) http://callcentre.education.ed.ac.uk

Can I Get In
http://www.canigetin.co.uk
Information on wheelchair accessible establishments in South Yorkshire.

Caravan Sitefinder UK
http://caravan-sitefinder.co.uk/
features/disabled/

Caravanning4u
http://www.caravanning4u.co.uk
Has a section for the disabled tourist
giving destinations and other help.

Camden Council Web Site (London)
http://www.camden.gov.uk

CancerBacup
http://www.cancerbacup.org.uk

Cancer Research Campaign
http://www.crc.org.uk

CareandHealth
http://www.careandhealth.com/
Careandhealth is a major on-line resource
for people in the care sector.The site has a database of all UK approved social work courses, extensive policy and law references, a sector specific care jobs service, daily news, features on professional practice,
over 1600 links to other sites,discussion areas and guides tofinding the right
training courses.

Carers UK
http://www.carersonline.org.uk
Carers Online is a partnership website. It provides carers, those supporting them and others with national and local information.

Caring Matters
Provide information about the rights, responsibilities, and resources for people whose lives are touched by long term
care. Legal and financial matters related
to mental incapacity are our speciality.
http://www.caringmatters.org.uk/

Carry on Gardening
http://www.carryongardening.org.uk
Associated with 'THRIVE'
http://www.thrive.org.uk

Centre for Accessible Environments
http://www.cae.org.uk

Council for Disabled Children,
National Children’s Bureau
http://www.ncb.org.uk

CharityNet
http://www.CharityNet.org

CAF Online
http://www.cafonline.org
CAF's own site provides.a complete
interactive resource and online guide
to the products and services it offers
to charities, individuals and companies
across the globe.

C.E.L.L - Cancer of the Eye LinkLine 
http://pages.zoom.co.uk/cell/index.htm
They are a voluntary helpline for people
who have suffered the loss of an eye/eyes
through Cancer or other trauma and offer
a 24 hour telephone helpline , information,
befriending scheme and guidance.  

Centre for Accessible Environments.
http://www.cae.org.uk/

Cheshire Disabilities Federation
http://home.btconnect.com/CDF/cdf.htm
Network of Disability Information
Service Providers.

Child Poverty Action Group
http://www.cpag.org.uk/

Children's Books About Autism
http://www.hugsfeelgood.com

The Childrens Society
http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/

Chiropractic Associations
http://www.chiropractic-uk.co.uk
http://www.gcc-uk.org
http://www.sca-chiropractic.org
http://www.chirosport.org
http://www.mctimoney-chiropractic.org

Commission for Social Care Inspection
Looking for a care home? Get free, independent reports on the quality of your local homes and care services to help you make an informed choice.
http://www.csci.org.uk

Connect
http://www.ukconnect.org
Their vision is a world where people
living with stroke and aphasia can
find opportunity and fulfilment.
They develop and deliver innovative
therapy and support programmes,
publishing resources to facilitate
healthy living with aphasia (including
the publication ‘The Stroke and
Aphasia Handbook’) and through
running a training programme of
courses for health service providers.

Connects
http://www.connects.org.uk
Forum for the sharing of information
by people whose lives are touched
by mental health problems and/or
learning disabilities.

Contact a Family
http://www.cafamily.org.uk

Crooked Rainbows
http://www.crookedrainbows.com
A gift and greeting card company that
features kids and adults with disabilities
doing everyday,wonderful, inspirationa
l things.

Crossroads Carers (North Somerset)
Caring for carers
http://www.crossroads-northsomerset.org

Cyfal Disability Services (Wales and England)
Aim to work with businesses, organisations and individuals who want their environments or services to be fully accessible to all.. Both partners have a combined experience of 60 years in disability.
http://www.cyfal.co.uk/

Days out.com
http://www.daysout.com
Days out in the UK.With strong emphasis
on attractions that cater for special needs
and autism.

Defeating Research
http://www.deafnessresearch.org.uk/
Defeating Deafness is a research charity
dedicated to supporting medical research
into deafness and other hearing problems.
The website has varied and entertaining
news stories alongside well-written and
informative resource and medical
information.

Disability Advice Service Lambeth (DASL)
http://www.disabilitylambeth.org.uk/dasl/advice/
A voluntary organisation which works with people with all types of disabilities in the London Borough of Lambeth. They provide vital services which enable users to live as independently as possible.

Disability Alliance
http://www.disabilityalliance.org

Disabled Citizens' Advice & Support Services
http://www.discass.org/
Their primary role is to provide an advice line to disabled people, their carers and families based in Surrey.

Disabled Children in Sunderland
http://www.sncwd.org.uk/

Disabled Drivers Information
is now "Mobilise"
http://www.mobilise.info/
Infromation on areas that connect disability
and driving including adaptations.

Disable Jobsite
http://www.disablejobsite.co.uk
Their services play a critical role in
assisting disabled people on the
pathway to work

Disability Friends
http://www.geocities.com/
dfriendswebpals/
A web pal or a chat if your
disabled

Disability Sport - Northern Ireland 
http://www.dsni.co.uk
Umbrella organisation for disability
sports in Northern Ireland - opportunities
for children and adults with disabilities. 

The Disabled Workers Co-operative
http://www.disabledworkers.org.uk

David Lewis Foundation
http://www.davidlewis.org.uk

Deafblind UK
http://www.deafblind.org.uk/home.html
 
Deafsign.com
http://www.deafsign.com
Popular interactive Forum site on deafness
and sign language issues with many useful
features, including graphic examples
of British Sign Language, Fingerspelling
and Deafblind alphabet, for students,
families and professionals.

DIAL information and advice services
http://www.dialuk.org.uk

Disability Matters Ltd
http://www.disabilitymatters.com
To help organisations profit from the
potential of disabled people.

Disability Now
http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk
The biggest-selling monthly
newspaper which focuses on disability.

Disability Rights Commission
http://www.drc-gb.org/drc/default.asp

DISABILITY WORLD
http://www.disabilityworld.com

Disabled City
http://www.disabledcity.co.uk/
Lots of topics & disabilities

Disabled Living Foundation
http://www.dlf.org.uk/

Disability Conciliation Service (DCS).
http://www.dcs-gb.net
Supporting disabled people to
exercisetheir rights under the
Disability Discrimination Act

Disabled Drivers’ Motor Club Ltd is now
"Mobilise"
http://www.mobilise.info/

Disabled Living Centres Council (DLCC)
is now "Assist UK"
http://assist-uk.org/

Disabled Persons Transport Advisory
Committee (DPTAC)
http://www.dptac.gov.uk

Disabled United
http://www.disabledunited.com
A meeting place for the disabled
community with various forums,
chat room, friends and dating service
and swap shop

Dog AID (Assistance in Disability)
http://www.dogaid.org.uk
Training your pet dog to
assist with  your disability.

Dogs for the Disabled
www.dogsforthedisabled.org

Down’s Syndrome Association
http://www.dsa-uk.com

Drug3k
http://www.drug3k.com/
Prescription drug/medication information for consumers.