This page contains a variety of disability resources that you may find useful. They are divided into headings with a clickable list of contents.

The links are primarily UK-based, as that’s where I live. But there’s also some content from America and elsewhere, as indicated, and a lot of the information may be useful wherever you are in the world. If you have any links you think I should add, feel free to contact me, and thank you to those who have done so already.

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.

Other useful pages and lists you may want to check out include:

• Sight Loss Resources
• Assistive Sight Loss Technology
• Disability Blogs & Videos
• My posts & videos about my own disability
• Videos by others on sight loss & disability

Contents

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

News & Information

• UK News Sites:
  • BBC Disability News
  • BBC Ouch! Podcast
  • Ability Today
  • The Guardian Disability News
• UK Magazines:
  • Ability Needs
  • Able
  • Disability Horizons
  • Disability Review Magazine
  • Enable
  • OT Magazine – For occupational therapists
  • PosAbility
  • Rare Revolution
• UK Information Resources:
  • Ableize Directory
  • Focus On Disability
• UK Articles:
  • Awareness & Planning for Accessibility At Events (Function Central)
  • Financial Resources for People with Disabilities (Credit Action)
  • Money Saving Tips for Disabled People (Money Saving Expert)
• USA Magazines & Resources:
  • Ability Magazine
  • Disabled World
  • Disability History Association
  • Disability Today Network
• USA Articles:
  • Addiction & Disability (Addiction Center)
  • Attending Music & Sporting Events With A Disability (Groupon)
  • Business Ideas For People With Disabilities (Commercial Capital Training)
  • Finding Credible Medical Information & Advice (Spring Arbor University)
  • Home Modifications & Selling Your Home (Better Homes & Gardens)
  • Home Solutions to Cope with Sensory Processing Issues (Air Filters Delivered)
  • Keeping Individuals Safe Around Construction (Big Rentz)
  • Medicare for People With Disabilities (Retire Guide)
  • Moving Tips for Seniors & People With Disabilities (Life Storage Blog)
  • Rental Housing Rights for Disabled Tenants (Find Law)
  • Starting a Business With a Disability (CreditCards.com)
  • Social Security Disability Benefits Guide (The Simple Dollar)
  • Ultimate Disability Accommodation Guide (Household Quotes)

Charities & Support Organisations

• UK:
  • Disability Advice Project
  • Disabled Living
  • Disabled Living Foundation
  • Douglas Bader Foundation
  • Generate
  • Genetic Alliance UK
  • Inclusion London
  • Leonard Cheshire
  • Little People UK
  • Livability
  • Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation For Disabled People
  • Rare Disease UK
  • Sandwell Asian Family Support Service
  • Scope
  • Shaw Trust
  • Unique
  • Warrington Disability Partnership
• USA:
  • Cerebral Palsy Group
  • Disability Advocates of Kent County
  • Invisible Disabilities Association
  • National Organization For Rare Disorders
  • New Hampshire Disability & Health Program
  • Ruderman Family Foundation

Accessibility

• Location Guides:
  • AccessAble
  • Access Advisr
  • Access Champions
  • Euan’s Guide
  • Heritage Ability
  • Me Included
  • The Outdoor Guide
  • Rough Guide To Accessible Britain
• Support: 
  • Access Card – A card you can use to inform providers quickly and discreetly about the support you need, and will sometimes enable you to get concessionary ticket prices and access adjustments more easily.
  • Research Institute for Disabled Consumers (RIDC) – Opportunities for disabled people to take part in surveys and studies to provide vital feedback.
• Digital Accessibility Guidance:
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
  • The Big Hack by Scope
• Digital Accessibility Services:
  • AudioEye
  • Techbility
  • TetraLogical
  • Bureau of Internet Accessibility (USA)

Arts & Entertainment

• Accessible Screenings – Cinema listings.
• Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) Access Scheme
• CEA Card – National cinema card, enabling disabled customers to receive a complimentary ticket for someone to go with them.
• Henry Fraser Art – Mouth artist, author & speaker.
• Zebedee Management – Talent agency for disabled models, actors & performers.

Assistance Dogs

• Hearing Dogs For Deaf People
• Support Dogs

Awareness Campaigns

• Deaf Awareness Week
• Disabled Access Day
• Disability Awareness Day
• Don’t Want Our Cash
• International Day of People with Disabilities
• Rare Disease Day
• We The 15

Business & Employment

• UK Government – Access To Work Scheme
• AABRS – What Business Resources are Available for People with Disabilities?
• Association Of Disabled Professionals
• ATW Solutions
• Barclays Accessibility
• Business Disability Forum
• Enhance The UK
• Microlink
• Open Inclusion
• Purple Space
• The Valuable 500
• Visualise Training & Consultancy
• Disability:IN (USA)

Cancer Support

• Blood Cancer UK
• Cancer Research UK
• Charlotte’s BAG – Raising funds for research into, 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.

Communication

• CPR Global Technology
• iResTech IrisPhone

Communities

• Disability Power 100
• The Mighty
• Yoocan
• You’re Able Forums

Equality & Disability Rights

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

Hearing Loss Support

• British Sign Language Courses
• National Deaf Children’s Society
• UK Council On Deafness
• Sign Live – An app allowing Deaf people to communicate with anyone at any time by being connected to a sign language interpreter.
• Stagetext – Charity that provides captioning and live subtitling services to theatres and other arts venues to make their activities accessible.

Holidays

• UK Guides:
  • Able Magazine Travel Guides
  • Blue Badge Access Awards
• UK Hotels & Accommodation:
  • Revitalise Respite Holidays
  • Bond Hotel (Blackpool)
  • Church Farm Barns (Norfolk)
  • Maison des Landes Hotel (Jersey)
  • Park House Hotel (Sandringham)
  • Treworgans Holiday Cottages (Cornwall)
• Abroad:
  • Destination Everywhere
  • Handiscover
  • Accessible Indonesia
  • Bask For All (Basque Country, Spain)
  • Cadamà Sail Boat (Italy)
  • Native Hotels (Europe)
  • Sano Tours (Romania)
  • Tourism For All (Portugal)
• Articles: 
  • The Full Guide To Flying With A Disability (Parking4Less)
  • Travelling With A Medical Condition (InsuranceWith)
  • Traveling With Disabilities and Special Needs (USA) (Johnny Jet)
  • World’s Most Wheelchair-Friendly Tourist Attractions (Story Map JS)

Home

• Centrobed – Bespoke bariatric and paediatric beds and cots.
• Design For Independence – Housing occupational therapy specialists.
• Home From Home Care – Specialist residential care services.
• Med Page – Telecare and other products for elderly and special needs people.

Mobility

• Wheelchairs & Mobility Scooters:
  • Easy Pay Mobility
  • Motability
  • Mountain Trike
  • KYMCO Healthcare
  • Quantum Rehab
  • Relync
  • SMOOV – Rear-mounted power assist for wheelchairs.
• Other Products:
  • Naidex – Europe’s largest disability trade show.
  • ADAPTS – Portable transfer sling.
  • McElmeel Mobility Services – Wheelchair accessible vehicles.
  • Review Mobility – Reviews of mobility products.
  • Stairlift Guru – Reviews of stairlift companies and prices.
  • UKS Mobility – Mobility aids and disability equipment.
• Articles:
  • Home Safety Checklist for Wheelchair Users (RS Online)

Products

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

Sport & Fitness

• Ability Bow – East London gym.
• Adaptive Martial Arts
• Agility Magazine
• Birding For All
• British Disabled Angling Association
• Calvert Trust – Countryside adventures.
• Disabled Sailing Association
• Jubilee Sailing Trust
• Para Dance UK
• Riding For The Disabled Association
• Scuba Trust
• Wheels For Wellbeing

Technology Support

• Ability Net
• British Assistive Technology Association
• Global Disability Innovation Hub

Toilets

• Changing Places
• Mobiloo
• RADAR Key Company

Training

• Arts Coaching Training
• Toucan Diversity Training

Transport

• London:
  • Freedom Pass
  • Taxicard
  • Transport For London Accessibility
  • Transport For All
• UK:
  • Disabled Persons Railcard
  • National Express Disabled Coachcard
  • Transreport Passenger Assist App