Useful Websites

USEFUL WEBSITES

Charities and Organisations:
 
Advisory Centre for Education

http://www.ace-ed.org.uk
 
AFASIC – Unlocking Speech and Language
Website: www.afasic.org.uk
 
Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
Website: www.asbah.org
 
Ataxia UK
Website: www.ataxia.org.uk

Autism Support Services

https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Children/Needs/Autism-Service.aspx 

 
Barnardo’s
Website: www.barnardos.org.uk
 
British Deaf Association
Website: www.bda.org.uk
 
British Dyslexia Association

Website: www.bdadyslexia.org.uk
 
Brittle Bone Society
Website: www.brittlebone.org
 
Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education (CSIE)
Website: www.csie.org.uk
 
Children’s Legal Centre
Website: www.childrenslegalcentre.com

Children's Needs and Disability (Northumberland County Council)

https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Children/Needs.aspx
 
Contact a Family

Website: www.cafamily.org.uk
 
Council for Disabled Children
Website: www.ncb.org.uk
 
Cystic Fibrosis Trust
Website: www.cftrust.org.uk
 
Diabetes UK
Website: www.diabetes.org.uk
 
DIAL UK (Disability Information Line)
Website: www.dialuk.org.uk
 
Disability Alliance
Website: www.disabilityalliance.org
 
Disability Living Foundation
Website: www.dlf.org.uk
 
Disability Sport Event
Website: www.disabilitysport.org.uk
 
Down’s Syndrome Association
Website: www.downssyndrome.org.uk
 
Dyslexia Action
Website: www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk
 
Dyspraxia Foundation

Website: www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk
 
Epilepsy Action
Website: www.epilepsy.org.uk

Emotional Wellbeing and Behaviour Support Service

https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Children/Needs/Behaviour-Support-Service.aspx

 
Family Fund
Website: www.familyfundtrust.org.uk
 
Haemophilia Society
Website: www.haemophilia.org.uk
 
Headway National Head Injuries Association
Website: www.headway.org.uk
 
Huntington’s Disease Association
Website: www.hda.org.uk
 
I CAN (Invalid Children Aid Nationwide)
Website: www.ican.org.uk
 
IPSEA (Independent Panel for Special Educational Advice)
Website: www.ipsea.org.uk
 
KIDS
Website: www.kids.org.uk
 
Leukaemia Care
Website: www.leukaemiacare.org.uk
 
LOOK
Website: www.look-uk.org
 
MEARES-IRLEN SYNDROME
Irlen ABC (Accuracy by Colour)
Website: www.irlenabc.f9.co.uk
Irlen Institute (USA)
Website: www.irlen.com
Irlen UK
Website: www.irlenuk.com
 
National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux
Website: www.citizensadvice.org.uk
 
National Association of Special Educational Needs
Website: www.nasen.org.uk
 
National Asthma UK

Website: www.asthma.org.uk
 
National Autistic Society
Website: www.nas.org.uk
 
 National Blind Children’s Society
Website: www.nbcs.org.uk
 
National Deaf Children’s Society
Website: www.ndcs.org.uk
 
National Eczema Society
Website: www.eczema.org
 
National Federation of the Blind
Website: www.nfbuk.org
 
National Parent Partnership Network

Website: www.parentpartnership.org.uk
 
National Society for Epilepsy

Website: www.epilepsysociety.org.uk
 
Network 81
Website: www.network81.org
 
Parents for Inclusion
Website: www.parentsforinclusion.org
 
Physically Disabled and Able Bodied (PHAB)
Website: www.phabengland.org.uk
 
Pre-school Learning Alliance
Website: www.pre-school.org.uk
 
Rathbone
Website: www.rathboneuk.org
 
Royal National Institute of the Blind
Website: www.rnib.org.uk
 
SCOPE

Website: www.scope.org.uk
 
SENSE
Website: www.sense.org.uk
 
Sickle Cell Society
Website: www.sicklecellsociety.org
 
SKILL: National Bureau for students with disabilities
Website: www.skill.org.uk
 
Spinal Injuries Association
Website: www.spinal.co.uk
 
The Stroke Association
Website: www.stroke.org.uk
 
Young Minds
Website: www.youngminds.org.uk
 
Modified texts libraries:
 
Websites that provide accessible textbooks and images to support dyslexic, partially sighted or blind learners who have difficulty reading standard print:

https://load2learn.org.uk/
http://www.seeingear.org/