Disability Resources

Here you’ll find a variety of disability resources that you may find useful, mainly UK-based except where stated otherwise, with a few links to posts where I’ve mentioned some of them. If you have any links you think I should add here, feel free to contact me.

Please Note: These links are not sponsored, and I cannot guarantee the accuracy or suitability of the information they contain. I’m just providing them in good faith. Please do your own research and seek appropriate advice before taking any actions or making any purchases.

Contents

• News & Information Sites
• Support Organisations & Services
• Accessibility
• Arts & Entertainment
• Awareness Campaigns
• Business & Employment
• Cancer Support
• Communities
• Equality & Disability Rights
• Hearing Loss Support
• Holidays
• Home
• Mobility
• Products
• Sport & Fitness
• Technology Support
• Toilets
• Transport

Other Pages & Videos:

• Disability Blogs, Podcasts & Videos
• Sight Loss Resources
• My Sight Loss Posts & Videos
• Sight Loss Playlist & Disability Playlist

News & Information

• UK News Sites:
  • BBC Disability News & Access All Podcast
  • The Guardian Disability News
• UK Magazines:
  • Able – See mentions for Naidex 2018 & 2019.
  • Crip Life
  • Disability Review Magazine
  • Enable – See mention for Naidex 2019.
  • OT Magazine – For occupational therapists. See mention for Naidex 2018.
  • Rare Revolution
• UK Information Resources:
  • Ableize Directory
  • Focus On Disability
• USA Magazines & Resources:
  • Ability Magazine
  • Disabled World

Support Organisations & Services

• UK:
  • Disability Advice Project Wales
  • Disabled Living
  • Generate
  • Genetic Alliance UK
  • Hearing Dogs For Deaf People
  • Inclusion London
  • Leonard Cheshire
  • Little People UK
  • Living Made Easy
  • Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation For Disabled People
  • Rare Disease UK
  • Sandwell Asian Family Support Service
  • Scope – See details of my collaborations with them.
  • Shaftesbury
  • Shaw Trust
  • Support Dogs – See mention for Naidex 2018.
  • Unique
  • Warrington Disability Partnership
• USA:
  • Disability Advocates of Kent County
  • Invisible Disabilities Association
  • National Organization For Rare Disorders
  • New Hampshire Disability & Health Program
  • Ruderman Family Foundation

Accessibility

• Internet:
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
• UK Business Resources: 
  • Scope – Business Support
  • ReciteMe
  • TetraLogical
• UK Consumer Research Panels:
  • Access Card – See mention in My Aids & Gadgets.
  • Open Inclusion – Research panel
  • Research Institute for Disabled Consumers – Research panel. See mention for TFL Access All Areas 2019.
• UK Location Guides:
  • AccessAble – See mentions for Naidex 2018 & TFL Access All Areas 2019.
  • Countryside Mobility
  • Euan’s Guide
  • The Outdoor Guide
  • Rough Guide To Accessible Britain
• USA Resources & Services:
  • Accessible Social
  • Accessibility.com
  • AudioEye
  • Bureau of Internet Accessibility

Arts & Entertainment

• UK:
  • Accessible Screenings – Cinema listings.
  • Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) Access Scheme
  • CEA Card – Cinema card that enables disabled customers to bring a companion.
  • Henry Fraser Art – Mouth artist, author & speaker.
  • Zebedee Management – Talent agency for disabled models, actors & performers.

Awareness Campaigns

• UK:
  • Disabled Access Day
  • Disability Awareness Day
• Worldwide:
  • International Day of People with Disabilities
  • Rare Disease Day
  • We The 15 – See mention during my 2020 Paralympics review.

Business & Employment

• UK Employment Support:
  • Access To Work
  • Association Of Disabled Professionals
  • ATW Solutions
  • Disabled Workers Co-Operative
  • Evenbreak
  • Microlink – See mention for Naidex 2018.
  • Scope – Support To Work
• UK Business Support: 
  • Barclays Accessibility
  • Business Disability Forum
  • Enhance The UK
  • Purple Space
  • Valuable 500
  • Visualise Training & Consultancy
• USA Organisations:
  • Disability:IN

Cancer Support

• UK:
  • Blood Cancer UK
  • Cancer Research UK
  • Charlotte’s BAG – Raising funds to increase the research and awareness of glioblastoma multiforme, in memory of Charlotte Eades.
  • Macmillan Cancer Support
  • Stand Up To Cancer – Annual fundraiser by Cancer Research UK and Channel 4.

Communities

• UK:
  • Disability Power 100
  • You’re Able Forums
• USA:
  • The Mighty
  • Yoocan – See details of my guests posts with them.

Equality & Disability Rights

• UK:
  • Disability Rights UK
  • Disability Wales (Anabledd Cymru)
  • Equality & Human Rights Commission
  • Toucan Diversity Training
• USA:
  • Birth Injury Justice Center

Hearing Loss Support

• UK:
  • British Sign Language Courses
  • National Deaf Children’s Society
  • Sign Live App
  • Stagetext

Holidays

• UK Guides:
  • Able Magazine Travel Guides
  • Blue Badge Access Awards
  • The Full Guide To Flying With A Disability (Parking4Less)
  • Travelling With A Medical Condition (InsuranceWith)
• UK Hotels & Accommodation:
  • Bond Hotel (Blackpool)
  • Church Farm Barns (Norfolk)
  • Maison Des Landes Hotel (Jersey)
  • Treworgans Holiday Cottages (Cornwall)
• Abroad:
  • Destination Everywhere
  • Handiscover
  • Accessible Indonesia
  • Bask For All (Basque Country, Spain)
  • Cadamà Sail Boat (Italy)
  • Native Hotels (Europe) – See mention for Naidex 2018.
  • Sano Tours (Romania)
  • Tourism For All (Portugal)

Home

• UK:
  • Centrobed – Bespoke specialist beds and cots. See mention for Naidex 2018.
  • Design For Independence – Housing occupational therapy specialists. See mentions of their Naidex 2018 talk & stall.
  • Home From Home Care – Specialist residential care services.
  • Med Page – Telecare and other products for elderly and special needs people.

Mobility

• UK Wheelchairs & Mobility Scooters:
  • Easy Pay Mobility
  • Motability – See mention for Sight Village 2016.
  • Mountain Trike
  • KYMCO
  • Quantum Rehab
  • Relync – See mention for Naidex 2018.
  • SMOOV – Rear-mounted power assist for wheelchairs.
• Other UK Products:
  • Naidex – Europe’s largest disability trade show. I attended in 2018 & 2019.
  • ADAPTS – Portable transfer sling.
  • McElmeel Mobility Services – Wheelchair accessible vehicles. See mention for Naidex 2018.
  • Review Mobility – Reviews of mobility products.
  • Stairlift Guru – Reviews of stairlift companies and prices.
  • UKS Mobility – Mobility aids and disability equipment.

Products

• UK:
  • Blue Badge Co – Blue badge display wallets & living aids. See mention for Naidex 2018.
  • Patti + Ricky – Adaptive fashions and gifts
  • Skiggle – Non-profit community for people seeking care-based essential items.
• Europe:
  • HandShoe Mouse – See mention for Naidex 2019.
  • Quick Shoelace – Based in Slovenia. See mention for Naidex 2018.
  • Rehadapt – Mounting assistive technology, based in Germany. See mention for Naidex 2018.
• USA:
  • Enabling The Future – 3D printed hands and arms for those in need of an upper limb assistance device.
  • Simple Laces – See mention for Naidex 2018.

Sport & Fitness

• UK:
  • Ability Bow – East London gym.
  • Birding For All
  • British Disabled Angling Association
  • Disabled Sailing Association – Based in Torquay.
  • Para Dance UK – See mention for Naidex 2018.
  • Riding For The Disabled Association – See mention for Naidex 2018.
  • Scuba Trust
  • Wheels For Wellbeing

Technology Support

• UK:
  • Ability Net
  • Global Disability Innovation Hub

Toilets

• UK:
  • Changing Places
  • Mobiloo
  • RADAR Key Company – See mentions in My Aids & Gadgets & Naidex 2018.

Transport

• UK – London:
  • Freedom Pass – See mention in My Aids & Gadgets.
  • Taxicard
  • Transport For London Accessibility – See my review of the 2019 TFL Access All Areas event.
  • Transport For All
• UK – Other:
  • Blue Badge – See mention in My Aids & Gadgets.
  • Disabled Persons Railcard – See mentions in My Aids & Gadgets and Naidex 2018.
  • National Express Disabled Coachcard – See mention in My Aids & Gadgets.
  • Transreport Passenger Assist App – See mention for Naidex 2019.