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- Access2u
- www.access2u.co.uk
- access2u is the accessibility guide for the disabled, people with disabilities, mobility impairments, wheelchair users, spinal injuries, visually and hearing impaired. The information included is not an access audit however it is compiled by people with experience of access issues.
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- The Ann Conroy Trust and Syringomyelia 2007
- www.theannconroytrust.org.uk
- The Ann Conroy Trust is the only organisation in the UK providing educational material about Syringomyelia. It funds vital research work and provides a national helpline and support network which includes qualified support counsellors for sufferers and their carers. A national branch network putting sufferers in touch with each other is expanding across the United Kingdom. The Ann Conroy Trust sees the dissemination of knowledge about these conditions amongst health professionals as one of their principle aims.
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- Association of Disabled Professionals
- www.adp.org.uk
- Drawing on the expertise of disabled professionals to improve the educational and employment opportunities of disabled people
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- Association for Spinal Injury Research (ASPIRE)
- www.aspire.org.uk
- ASPIRE is a registered charity formed in 1983 for rehabilitation and reintegration, and works with people who are spinally injured to promote well-being and independence.
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- The Back-Up Trust
- www.backuptrust.org.uk
- A national charity offering people paralysed through spinal cord injury the opportunity to take up challenging outdoor activities. Which act as a catalyst in regaining confidence, independence and motivation.
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- British Association of Spinal Cord Injury Specialists (BASICS)
- www.bascis.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
- The British Association of Spinal Cord Injury Specialists is made up of senior doctors in Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Eire. They aim to improve the acute and long-term management of spinal cord injury and the training of doctors in the speciality. The following web site will give you the contact names of the leading consultants in each of the Spinal Injury Units in Britain and Ireland
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- British Brain & Spine Foundation
- www.brainandspine.org.uk
- The British Brain and Spine Foundation aims to improve the prevention, treatment and care of disorders of the brain and spine through research in the clinical neurosciences and education and awareness programmes.
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- British Wheelchair Sports Foundation
- www.britishwheelchairsports.org
- To create opportunities for people in wheelchairs wishing to take part in competitive sport.
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- The Bulls Wheelchair Rugby Club (Newcastle)
- www.thebullswrc.com
- In September 2001 a group of tetraplegics got together and decided to form the North East's first wheelchair rugby club based in the Newcastle area.
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- Cauda Equina
- www.caudaequina.org
- Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES) occurs when nerves within the spinal cord have been damaged and no longer function properly. This web site is a useful resource for finding out more about CES.
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- Council Exchange
- www.council-exchange.org
- Council and Housing Association mutual home swaps.
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- Directgov
- www.direct.gov.uk
- The latest and widest range of public service information available. There's an extensive section for disabled people covering benefits, rights, education, health and support and much more.
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- Disabled Sport
- www.disabledsport.co.uk
- The Disabled Sport website is trying to build a useful resource for anyone who wishes to know about venues near them which offer good accessibility for wheelchairs, and also changing facilities which are adapted for different disabilities.
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- Disabled Workers Co-operative
- www.disabledworkers.org.uk
- Find the product, service or skill you need provided by a local disabled worker. Disabled workers can register their service free on the Disabled Workers Database.
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- Disease Conditions
- www.diseasesconditions.com
- A guide lists thousands of diseases and conditions sites offering Health resource - nutrition, cancer, mental health, allergies, depression, anxiety, diabetes and more.
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- Enable Together
- www.enabletogether.co.uk
- This interactive information website aims to assist disabled people to lead a more independent life by empowering them with knowledge and choice.
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- Functional Electrical Stimulation (Salisbury Spinal Injury Unit)
- www.salisburyfes.com
- The Odstock Dropped Foot Stimulator was developed at Salisbury. Find out more about it on their web site.
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- Inclusive Fitness Initiative
- www.inclusivefitness.org
- A network of over 180 inclusive fitness facilities across England.
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- INSPIRE Foundation
- www.inspire-foundation.org.uk
- Inspire exists to promote research into, and the development of, electronic, mechanical and medical aids to assist people with spinal cord paralysis.
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- Living with Cerebral Palsy
- www.livingwithcerebalpalsy.com
- A personal site sharing experiences.
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- Multidisciplinary Association of Spinal Cord Injured Professionals (MASCIP)
- www.mascip.co.uk
- MASCIP is a national forum to promote standards in clinical practice, foster research and encourage service development. Open to individuals with a professional interest and activity associated with SCI.
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- Prince Edward Island Council of the Disabled
- www.peicod.pe.ca
- The PEI Council of the Disabled was formed in 1974 by concerned people with disabilities. Its original mandate was to speak out on issues such as housing, education, employment, transportation, human rights and access to support services, all of which it continues to address today.
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- RADAR
- www.radar.org.uk
- RADAR is a national network of disability organisations and disabled people
who represent their members by fast-tracking opinions and concerns to
policy-makers and legislators in Westminster and Whitehall, and launching its
own campaigns to promote equality for all disabled people. RADAR has also produced a holiday guide book - Accessible Holidays in the British Isles -
available from the above
website, with an online version available at www.radarsearch.org
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- Rough Riderz
- www.roughriderz.co.uk
- Four wheeled mountain biking club for wheelchair users. Perfect for adrenaline junkies who like nothing more than throwing themselves down a muddy hill at very fast speeds.
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- SCI Therapies
- www.sci-therapies.info
- Icelandic Health Authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO) with the support of the Council of Europe have launched an international effort to accumulate information on various therapies and procedures that have the potential to restore function in people who have sustained a spinal cord injury (SCI).
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- Shaw Trust
- www.shaw-trust.org.uk
- Shaw Trust is a national charity that provides training and work opportunities for people who are disadvantaged in the labour market due to disability, ill health or other social circumstances. We are the largest UK provider of employment services for disabled people.
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- SIA Merseyside Group
- www.communigate.co.uk/chesh/siamerseyside
- A self-help support group, providing mutual help for its members. It was formed in 1995 as a Local Group under the rules and regulations set down by
the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA)
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- Simon Paul Foundation
- www.simonpaulfoundation.co.uk
- The Foundation aims to assist younger people living in the north-west Kent area who've become physically disabled as a result of serious illness or accident
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- Spinal Cord Injuries Australia
- www.scia.org.au
- Spinal Cord Injuries Australia was formed as the Australian Quadriplegic Association in September 1967 to provide suitable accommodation for young people with severe spinal cord injuries. Our services have expanded as the need and opportunity arose. We now extend our services to all people with physical disabilities.
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- Spinal Injuries Scotland (SIS)
- www.sisonline.org
- Information and support for spinal cord injured people in Scotland.
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- Spinal Research
- www.spinal-research.org
- Spinal Research exists to fund research with the sole aim of ending the permanence of paralysis caused by spinal cord injury.
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- Spinal Unit Action Group (SUAG)
- Phone: 01704 567969
- Assists and supports patients and ex-patients of the Southport Spinal Injuries Centre
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- Sportability
- www.sportability.org.uk
- Sportability provides free sports and other challenging pursuits to effect positive psychological and physical change, re-building self-esteem and confidence for the spinally injured. We provide a number of fun activities including Quad Biking, Sailing, Archery, Shooting, Snow Mobiles and Falconry.
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- Tourism for All
- www.tourismforall.org.uk
- A registered charity providing a wide range of travel and holiday information for disabled people. Up to
three Holiday factsheets are sent free of charge, with postal charges being
applied for anything over and above this amount.
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- Transhouse (Oswestry)
- www.transhouse.info
- Transitional Housing for Spinal Cord Injured People (Transhouse), is a housing charity that provides specialist short term accommodation for people who have sustained serious spinal cord injury.
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- UK Spinal Cord Injury Research Network
- www.spinalresearchnetwork.org
- The UK Spinal Cord Injury Research Network promotes and organises multi-centre clinical research with spinal cord injured people to improve their health care and well being.
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