If you want to find more information on living with a spinal cord injury then why not have a look at some of the links below

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Find More Information

Services for Disabled Children
Government site with useful factsheets
http://www.audit- commission.gov.uk/disabledchildren/reportchild.asp

The Back-up Trust
0208 875 1805
www.backuptrust.org

Government website
To find out info on such things as benefits
www.direct.gov.uk

Health Issues
American site dealing with health issues and health care solutions
www.healthfinder.gov

After 16
Offers advice and options for disabled school leavers of 16 years old and above
http://www.after16.org.uk

Social Networking Safety Guide
BBC run site offering advice on how to keep safe when using chat rooms and social networking sites
www.bbc.co.uk/chatguide

The Site
Advice for all teens about dealing with drugs, sex and money.
www.thesite.org.uk

SKILL
Organisation for disabled people in higher education
www.skill.org.uk

Disability Alliance
Parlimentry news and benefits open to young people, including rules and criteria
www.disabilityalliance.org

RADAR
RADAR is a campaigning and advisory disability body run for and by disabled people
www.radar.org.uk

Action for Kids Charitable Trust
Providing a wide range of aid and on-going support for disabled children
www.actionforkids.org

The Association of Wheelchair Children
Charity organisation that helps raise money for wheelchairs and trains young people in wheelchair skills
www.wheelchairchildren.org.uk

Childline
Freephone 0800 1111
Support and advice charity for children in crisis
www.childline.org.uk

KIDS
Offers support, advice and information training to people up to the age of 19 and families.
www.kidsonline.org.uk

Contact a Family
Provides support for young disabled people up to the age of 19 and their families.
www.cafamily.org.uk

The Disabled Living Foundation
national charity that provides free, impartial advice about all types of disability equipment and mobility aids.
www.dlf.org.uk

Disability Action
Northern Ireland based organisation providing information on Government policy and access
www.disabilityaction.org

The Disability Rights Council
Deals with a disabled person’s rights
www.drc.org.uk

The Citizens Advice Bureau
The CAB has a huge amount of information on people’s rights and what services they are entitled to receive.
England and Wales - www.adviceguide.org.uk
Northern Ireland - www.citizensadvice.co.uk
Scotland - www.cas.org.uk

Find suppliers

Hulsta Studio
A furniture company with stylish designs in a range of heights and widths
www.hulstastudio.co.uk

Cool Crutches
Funky coloured crutches with comfy hand grips.
www.coolcrutches.com

Celtic Sheepskin
Supply sheepskin products incluing Ugg boots
www.celtic-sheepskin.co.uk

The Conker Show
Made to measure shoes and boots
www.conkershoes.com

Eczema Clothing
Non irritating cotton clothes with minimal seams
www.eczemaclothing.co.uk

 Find Sports Organisations

The Calvert Trust
www.calvert-trust.org.uk

The British Wheelchair Sports Foundation
01296 424171
www.bwsf.org.uk

English Foundation of Disability Sports
0161 247 5264
www.efds.net

The National Association of Youth Theatres
www.nayt.org.uk

Stagecoach
www.stagecoach.co.uk

Blue Eyes Dance Company
01743 271900
www.bluesouldance.com

Candoco Dance
020 7704 6485
www.candoco.co.uk

National Disability Arts Forum
0191 261 1628
www.ndaf.org

Other Leisure Organisations

The Scouts
www.scouts.org.uk

The Guides
www.girlguiding.org.uk

The Girl Scouts
www.wagggsworld.org

The Woodcraft Folk
www.woodcraft.org.uk

The Duke Of Edinburgh Award Scheme
www.theaward.org

Other websites you might be interested in

BBC Ouch!
BBC website dealing with disability. There are lots of interesting articles written by disabled people on current issues affecting the disabled community
www.bbc.co.uk/ouch

The Wheel Life
Social networking site for wheelchair users
www.thewheellife.com

All Kids
Has tons of links to other sites, including, for example, story sites where you can listen to or read various types of fiction.
www.allkids.co.uk

Write Away
Sets up pen pals
www.write-away.org

Disabled United
This is a general meeting place site for disabled people.
www.disabledunited.com

learn Direct
Offers advice on careers and study options for all ages.
www.learndirect.co.uk

Hands On CV
Advice on constructing a CV
www.handsoncv.co.uk