- Disability Cambridgeshire Organisations
and suppliers in Cambridgeshire plus lots more disability information.
- Calculate possible Tax Credits and Benefits
This
site will help you work out the benefits to which you may be eligible. (If
you prefer us to do this for you tel. 01480 830833.)
- Community Information This is a
site provided by the county council which allows you to search for local
organisations.
- National Centre for Independent Living
This
organisation campaigns for a better deal for disabled people. It supports
the Independent Living Bill and its website includes useful information
and contacts.
- Down's Heart Group a charity
offering support and information relating to heart conditions associated
with Down’s Syndrome.
- Disability Equality Duty information
for those who want to make sure that public bodies are living up to these
duties.
- Accessible restaurant, cafe or pub near you run by
wheelchair user Mary Dixon, this site will help you find one. You can also
make recommendations. When using the search field, type in a county or a
town. The post code option can be a bit limited.
- Advice Now Making
sense of the law and your rights, by Advice Services Alliance.
- Advice Guide This is the
public information service provided by Citizens Advice. (also in Punjabi, Gujarati,Urdu, Bengali, Chinese and Welsh) CABx hold a much more detailed system which advisers
will help you to access. DISH also has the same detailed Citizens Advice
database. You can access it by E-mail info@dish.org.uk
, telephone 01480 830833 or by letter to Info,
- Disability Living Centre CAMBS
- Screenreader.net You can
download a free screenreader and web-brouwser (Windows XP or Vista) suited to the needs of
visually impaired people. For Macs see below.
- Voice Over Macs with
OS X Tiger and onwards have this built in.
- RADAR Royal Association for
Disability and Rehabilitation. A good place to start if you want to find
out more about particular disabilities, support and services. Produces a
number of publications, including an annual guide to holiday accommodation.
- Contact a Family Parents with a disabled child
will find this site very useful.
- Legal Advice for deaf people online This site is run by the Royal Association for Deaf People. Other contact methods are:Phone: 020 7613 3841, Fax: 0709 209 8568, Minicom: 020 7613 3967, SMS: 0773 880 268
- Benefits
Now A very comprehensive website with lots information
and news about benefits.
- CLS Direct Free
initial legal advice from the Legal Services Commission about; benefits,
debt, housing, employment and education
- Hunts Information Fact Sheet Information
from
- Hunts Forum Here you
will find a list of all the voluntary organisations in
- Disabled Workers Co-operative Very useful
site if you are looking for work or accessible services.
- Department of
Work and Pensions Index page on the department's website
relating to disabilities.
- Disability
Handbook DWP This is a technical medical guide
published by the DWP. It is useful if you want to know the guidance on
care needs. Unfortunately it's in pdf form and a
bit slow.
- The BHAS website The Barton
Hill Advice Service. This site has some very useful and detailed guides on
applying for DLA and other benefits.
- Papworth Trust The
Papworth Trust, provides a wide range of
services. It changes and improves its services continuously in response to
the needs of disabled people.
- Disabled Living Foundation Useful factsheets about equipment, frequently asked questions
and much more.
- OT Direct Lists of equipment suppliers.
- Every Child Matters Information
from the government about policies and services in regard to disabled
children.
- Disability Now This is the
site for the magazine of the same name. Full of useful news and products.
- Debt National Debt Line gives free and
impartial advice about how to cope with debts. You can download useful
forms and documents.
- MYVESTA Free advice
and information packs if you have money problems. Bankruptcy service for
which you pay a nominal charge so that your bankruptcy petition can be
reviewed by an insolvency practitioner plus you receive 1 year of
telephone support from a firm of insolvency experts.
- Equality and Human Rights Commission This
commission has taken over from the Disability Rights Commission. You can
find out more about the Equalities Act 2006 via this site.
- UK Carers This is a
website with a noticeboard run by carers. It
invites new members and is a campaigning group that wants to achieve a
better deal for carers.
- Ask Cedric A consumer
education website run by Cambridgeshire County Council with information
for individuals, businesses and schools.
- Holiday Care An
independent charity which provides information about transport, accommodation,
visitor attractions, activity holidays and respite care establishments,
both in the