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Information and Support from Action Line - Disability

If you are looking for advice about disability, here are a few pages to start you on your journey.

Disability General

Disability Rights UK works to create a society where everyone with lived experience of disability or health conditions can participate equally as full citizens.

The Disabilities Trust provides support for people with acquired brain injury, profound physical impairments, learning disabilities and for adults and children with autism; enabling them to live as independently as possible.

Leonard Cheshire Disability offers a wide range of services for disables people including accommodation services, personalised care and support services, education and leisure services. A search facility is available to find services locally.

Scope works with disabled people, of all ages, and their families, across England and Wales, offering practical, everyday support.

Phone: 0808 800 3333

Information from the government:

England & Wales

Northern Ireland:

Disability Information Scotland work with disabled people, their families, friends and carers, and the people who are employed within the sector.

Phone: 0300 323 9961

AbilityNet supports people of any age, living with any disability or impairment to use technology to achieve their goals by providing specialist advice services, free information resources.
Phone: 0800 048 7462

Benefits, access to work and legal advice

Citizens Advice Service with information on benefits, employment and housing and help on debt, credit and legal issues.

Disability Law Service provides information, free advice and assistance to those with disabilities and their carers including Disability Discrimination as it relates to Employment and Goods and Services, and Social Welfare Law as it relates to Community Care and Welfare Benefits.

Phone: 020 7791 9800

Access to Work is a publicly funded employment support programme that aims to help more disabled people start or stay in work. It can provide practical and financial support if you have a disability or long term physical or mental health condition.

Benefits

Information from the NHS

Blindness

Guide Dogs provides mobility services to people of all ages who are blind or partially sighted and delivers services to children and young people with sight loss.

Phone 0800 781 1444



The Macular Society offers support and information to anyone affected by macular conditions such as age-related macular degeneration, including a network of local groups.

Phone: 0300 3030 111



Retina UK provides Information & Support services to people with Retinitis Pigmentosa and their families.

Phone 0300 111 4000



Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) offers information, and practical support to people with sight loss including travel, shopping, finances and advice on technology.

Phone: 0303 123 9999



SeeAbility encourages people who are blind or partially sighted and have other multiple disabilities to achieve their full potential and enhance their quality of life.

Phone: 01372 755000

Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Brittle Bones)

The Brittle Bone Society is the national charity that supports individuals and families affected by Osteogenesis Imperfecta.



Information from the NHS

Carers

Please visit the dedicated Information and Support page for Carers

Deafness

Action on Hearing Loss provide support for people with hearing loss and tinnitus, day-to-day care for people who are deaf and have additional needs, and offer practical advice to help people protect their hearing.

Phone: 0808 808 0123
Relay UK: Dial 18001 followed by 0808 808 0123
SMS (only) 0780 0000 360



British Deaf Association provides free advice, services and signposting by email, phone, text/textphone, and in British Sign Language via facetime/Skype.



Deafblind UK offers support and guidance to deafblind people, their carers, family, friends, and professionals working with people who have a loss of both hearing and sight.

Phone/Textphone:: 0800 132 320



The National Deaf Children’s Society supports all deaf children and young people and offers advice and information to families on entitlements, education, health and technology for deaf children. A chat facility is available via the website.

Phone: 0808 800 8880
Text: 0786 00 22 888

Disability hate crime

Stop Hate UK provides independent and confidential support to people affected by hate crime, including confidential hate crime reporting services in various parts of the UK.

Disability Law Service provides information, free advice and assistance to those with disabilities and their carers including Disability Discrimination as it relates to Employment and Goods and Services, and Social Welfare Law as it relates to Community Care and Welfare Benefits.
Phone: 020 7791 9800

Disability Rights UK works to create a society where everyone with lived experience of disability or health conditions can participate equally as full citizens.

Ann Craft Trust provides advice to anyone who has a query about the safeguarding of disabled children and vulnerable adults, parents, carers and family members.

Leonard Cheshire Disability offers a wide range of services for disables people including accommodation services, personalised care and support services, education and leisure services. A search facility is available to find services locally.

Scope works with disabled people, of all ages, and their families, across England and Wales, offering practical, everyday support.
Phone: 0808 800 3333

Citizens Advice Service provides information on benefits, employment and housing and help on debt, credit and legal issues.

Victim Support

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Emotional Distress

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Family

Contact provides advice and information on all aspects of caring for a disabled child, including education, benefits, health and social care services.

Phone 0808 808 3555 (Mon - Fri 9.30 – 5.00)

Contact a Family provides support, advice and information to families with disabled children and can also put families in contact with others whose child has the same condition.

Phone: 0808 808 3555

Family Lives provides help and support in all aspects of family life, including bullying, special educational needs, and support for specific communities.

Phone: 0808 800 2222 (Mon-Fri 9am-9pm Weekends 10am-3pm)

Newlife supports disabled children and their families, by providing care services, a helpline, equipment grants, equipment loans and nursing support.

Phone: 0800 902 0095

Whizz-Kidz supports young disabled people with the right wheelchair - and skills training - for them.

Historical abuse of disabled people

The National Association for People Abused in Childhood offers support, advice and guidance to adult survivors of any form of childhood abuse.

Phone: 0808 801 0331

Samaritans is available for anyone struggling to cope and provide a safe place to talk 24 hours a day.

Phone: 116 123

Email: jo@samaritans.org

Learning disabilities

Dimensions supports people with learning disabilities and autism in England and Wales including support for people living in their own homes and transition support for young people leaving school or college.

Phone: 0300 303 9001 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)



The Disabilities Trust provides support for people with acquired brain injury, profound physical impairments, learning disabilities and for adults and children with autism; enabling them to live as independently as possible.



ENABLE Scotland provides a range of support services for people who have learning disabilities and their families.

Phone: 0300 0200 101 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)



Mencap work in partnership with people with a learning disability across the UK, and provide services to support people to live life as they choose.

Phone: 0808 808 1111 (Mon-Fri 9am-3pm)



The Challenging Behaviour Foundation provides telephone and email support on challenging behaviour associated with severe learning disabilities and related issues.

Phone: 0300 666 0126

Guillain-BarrΓ© & associated inflammatory neuropathies

Information from the NHS:

GAIN- Guillain-Barré syndrome, CIDP and other associated inflammatory neuropathies offers help to patients or those close to someone who has been diagnosed.

Phone: 0800 374803

Neurodiversity - Dyslexia, ADHD, Autism, Dysplasia, OCD

The British Dyslexia Association provides impartial information, advice and signposting

Phone: 0333 405 4567 (Tue 10-1, Wed & Thu 10-3)

The Dyslexia Association provides a wide range of services to directly assist and improve the lives of dyslexics of all ages.

Phone: 0115 924 6888

Dyslexia Scotland offers advice and guidance on dyslexia-related issues in Scotland.

ADHD Foundation provides information for parents and young people via their website.

ADDISS, the Attention Deficit Disorder Information and Support Service, provides information and resources to anyone who needs assistance - parents, sufferers, teachers or health professionals.

Phone 020 8952 2800

The Hyperactive Children's Support Group provides information on diet, such as food additives and how it impacts on ADHD.

Autism

Please visit the dedicated Information and Support page for Autism.

Information on Dysplasia from the NHS

The Pituitary Foundation provides a confidential and non-judgemental service to pituitary patients, their carer, families and friends.

Phone: 0117 370 1320

Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) offers information, and practical support to people with sight loss including travel, shopping, finances and advice on technology.

Phone: 0303 123 9999

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Please visit the dedicated Information and Support page for OCD.

Mental health

Please visit the dedicated Information and Support page for Mental Health

Pain

Pain Concern provides information and support to people with pain and those who care for them.

Phone: 0300 123 0789 (Mon, Thu & Fri 10-4)



Action on Pain support and advice for people affected by chronic pain.

Phone: 0345 603 1593 (Mon-Fri 10am-4pm)

Spinal injuries

The Brain and Spine Foundation offers information and support on all aspects of brain and spine disorders.

Phone 0808 808 1000 (Specialist nurses)



The Spinal Injuries Association offers confidential advice, information and support to all spinal cord injured people (whether through injury or illness), as well as to family, partners and friends.

Phone: 0800 980 0501 (weekdays 9.30 - 4.30)