Calderdale
Parent & Carers Council, Hanson Lane Enterprise Centre, Halifax HX1
5PG
Tel: 01422 343090 . Fax: 01422 365074 . e-mail: parent.council@zen.co.uk
Other
Interesting Sites
Statutory Bodies:
www.everychildmatters.gov.uk - Government site
The Every Disabled Child Matters campaign is fighting for rights and justice for every disabled child. Please sign up to the campaign at www.edcm.org.uk and ask everyone you know to do the same.
www.teachernet.gov.uk - Teachers site
www.csip.org.uk - Care Services Improvement Partnership
www.valuingpeople.gov.uk - Valuing People
www.ne-cf.org - Childrens Fund
www.calderdalechildren.com - Local Authority site
www.calderdale-pct.nhs.uk - Calderdale Primary Care Trust
www.drc-gb.org - Disability Rights Commission
www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/news/dda/dda1.shtml - A users guide to the DDA
www.parentscentre.gov.uk - Information and support for parents on how to help with your child's learning, including advice on choosing a school and finding childcare
Carers Organisations
www.cvac.org.uk - Voluntary Action
www.carers.gov.uk - Carers organisations
www.youthfax.org - Young carers
www.youngcarer.com - Young carers
www.parentcarercouncil.co.uk - Leicester parent carers council
www.ccnuk.org.uk - Care co-ordination network
www.cafamily.org.uk - Contact a Family
www.peersupport.ukobservatory.com - Peer support network
www.ncb.org.uk/cdc - National Council for Disabled Children
www.peach.org.uk - Parent-led charity promoting early behavioural intervention for young children with autism, Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA), often referred to as the Lovaas Programme.
Inclusion and Disability
Equality
www.parentsforinclusion.org - Parents for Inclusion
www.network81.co.uk - Network 81
www.allfie.org.uk - Alliance for Inclusive Education
www.diseed.org.uk - Disability Equality in Education
www.inclusive-solutions.com - Educational psychologists who specialise in mainstream inclusion
www.inclusion.uwe.ac.uk/csie/about.htm - Centre for Studies in Inclusive Education
www.inaura.net - Helping to prevent exclusion
www.inclusion-boltondata.org.uk - The Action Research Centre for Inclusion at the University of Bolton.
http://2020campaign.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk - A campaign to end the practice of educating children and young people with extra needs in separate, segregated schools
www.equalitytraining.co.uk - EQuality training is an innovative, vibrant company that designs and delivers tailored training in disability equality and inclusion.
www.circlesnetwork.org.uk - Circles of support
Specific Conditions Support and Information
www.peoplefirst.org.uk - People with learning difficulties
www.neurodiversity.com - Autism site
www.scope.org.uk - Scope
www.adders.org - Promotes awareness of Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity issues and provides information
www.addiss.co.uk - The National Attention Deficit Disorder Information and Support Service.
www.asbah.org - Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
www.bdadyslexia.org.uk - The British Dyslexia Association
www.thecbf.org.uk - The Challenging Behaviour Foundation
www.dsa-uk.com - Down's Syndrome Association
www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk - Dyspraxia Foundation
www.hacsg.org.uk - The Hyperactive Children`s Support Group
www.mencap.org.uk - Mencap
www.naar-uk.org - National Alliance for Autism Research UK
www.nas.org.uk - The National Autistic Society
www.nbcs.org.uk - National Blind Childrens Society
www.ndcs.org.uk - The National Deaf Children’s Society
www.steps-charity.org.uk/home.php - A charity that aims to help people with lower limb conditions. steps provides support for families and individuals and provides vital services such as a helpline, annual events, publications and much much more.
www.tsa.org.uk - Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association
www.rarechromo.org - Unique is a source of information and support to families and individuals affected by any rare chromosome disorder
www.youngminds.org.uk - National charity committed to improving the mental health of all children and young people
Communication
www.ican.org.uk - I CAN is the Charity that Helps Children Communicate
www.1voice.info/ 1-Voice – Communicating Together
www.afasic.org.uk - Information and advice for children with speech, language and communication difficulties.
Practical Support
www.wheelchairchildren.org.uk - To help parents, when necessary, acquire equipment that is appropriate to their child's needs.
www.abilitynet.org.uk - AbilityNet is a national charity helping disabled adults and children use computers and the internet by adapting and adjusting their technology.
www.yourteenager.co.uk - Information and articles offering advice on how to help develop the well-being of young adults.
Miscellaneous
www.everyclick.com/uk - Everyclick (search facility for charities)
www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/archiveuk/index.html - The aim of the Disability Archive UK is to provide disabled people, students and scholars with an interest in this and related fields, access to the writings of those disability activists, writers and allies whose work may no longer be easily accessible in the public domain.