General Advice

Disabled Students Allowance
www.direct.gov.uk/DisabledPeople/EducationAndTraining/fs/en (in the higher education section)

Equality and Human Rights Commission (formerly Disability Rights Commission)
www.humanrights.com
An independent body which aims to eliminate discrimination of disabled people and promote equal opportunities. It provides information about your legal rights and entitlements.

SKILL: National Bureau for disabled students

Information, advice and resources for disabled students in post-16 education.

SKILL closed in April 2011. However, some of the services are still available at Disability Alliance www.disabilityalliance.org or www.skill.org.uk

Royal Association for Disability & Rehabilitation (RADAR)
www.radar.org.uk
A campaigning and advisory body, run for and by disabled people.

Disability Now
www.disabilitynow.org.uk
Newspaper covering a range of disability related issues and articles.

Youreable.com
www.youreable.com
Online magazine and news service for disabled people.

DIAL (Disablement Information and Advice Line)
www.dialuk.org.uk
A national service of telephone advice lines for people with disabilities.

Independent Living Association West Sussex
01903 219482
Advice for disabled people on buying personal care packages.

Ability Net
www.abilitynet.org.uk
IT and technology advice for people with disabilities.

Group for Disabled Solicitors
www.gsdnet.org.uk

Work Placements and employment

Placenet
www.placenet.org.uk
Placements in Industry Network (Placenet) is a registered charity providing a forum for placement officers and associated academics.

Job Centre Plus
www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk
Information about the Job Centres services for disabled people, including the Access to Work scheme, Introduction to Work and the two ticks scheme.

Employ Ability
www.nrec.org.uk
Resources and information (including skills audit and CV builder) for students/graduates of European countries with disabilities.

Leonard Cheshire
www.leonard-cheshire.org
Charity for disabled people, offering support, training and advice in finding work.

Association of Disabled Professionals
www.adp.org.uk
Association providing advice, information and peer support to disabled professionals.

Work Experience Schemes

Civil Service Summer Placement Scheme
www.civilservice.gov.uk
Six to eight week placements in the civil service

BBC Extend Programme
www.bbc.co.uk/jobs/extend
Provides work placements for talented disabled people. This programme is currently under review and information regarding a new format will be available on the website as soon as it becomes available.

Bar Council
www.barcouncil.org.uk
Offers a ‘matching’ process to link students and graduates with barristers with a similar disability.

Shaw Trust
www.shaw-trust.org.uk
Offers vocational training, work tasters and work preparation for disabled people.

Blind in Business
www.blindinbusiness.org.uk
Job covenant scheme which helps blind students and graduates find work placements.

Graduate Schemes

The Leadership Recruitment Programme (formerly known as Fast Track)
www.scope.org.uk
A one-year programme which offers a management development programme combined with work experience opportunities with major employers.

The Papworth Trust
www.papworth.org.uk/
Support and advice on applying for jobs, including advice for graduates.

Fast Forward
http://www.fastforward.org.uk
Lots of useful information and advice for disabled graduates seeking work.

Jobability
www.jobability.com
Website of job vacancies for disabled people

Regional Support

Capability Scotland
www.capability-scotland.org.uk
Range of information, advice and support for disabled people in Scotland.

AHEAD (Association for Higher Education Access & Disability)
www.ahead.ie
Information and advice for higher education students in Ireland.

Legal and Benefits Advice

Citizens Advice Bureaux
Bognor Regis Town Hall, Clarence Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 1LD
01243 820667
Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm

Chichester and District
Bell House, 6 Theatre Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1SR
01243 784231
Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm

Help for Specific Disabilities

Arthritis
Arthritis Care www.arthritiscare.org.uk

Autism
National Autism Society (Autism & Aspergers Syndrome) www.nas.org.uk

DANDA Developmental Adult Neuro-Diversity Association www.danda.org.uk
Organisation run by and for adults with aspergers, autism, ADD/ADHD, Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, Tourette’s etc.

Blind/Visual impairments
Royal National Institute for the Blind www.rnib.org.uk

Association of Blind and Partially Sighted Teachers and Students www.abapstas.org.uk

Brittle Bones
Brittle Bone Society www.brittlebone.org

Cerebral Palsy
Scope www.scope.org.uk

Colitis & Crohn’s Disease
National Association Colitis & Crohn’s Disease www.nacc.org.uk

Deaf
Deafplus www.deafplus.org

Royal Association of Deaf People www.royaldeaf.org.uk

Working Without Hearing www.workingwithouthearing.com

Diabetes
Diabetes UK www.diabetes.org.uk

Disfigurement
Changing Faces www.changingfaces.org.uk

Dyslexia
British Dyslexia Association www.bdadyslexia.org.uk

Dyslexia Action www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk

DANDA Developmental Adult Neuro-Diversity Association www.danda.org.uk
Organisation run by and for adults with aspergers, autism, ADD/ADHD, Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, Tourette’s etc.

Dyslexic Teachers Association http://thedta.tripod.com/

Epilepsy
National Society for Epilepsy www.epilepsynse.org.uk

Learning Difficulties
MENCAP www.mencap.org.uk

ME
ME Association www.meassociation.org.uk

Mental Health
Mind www.mind.org.uk
Mental illness, including schizophrenia

Mind Chichester and Bognor, The Old Bakery, Bakery Lane, Bognor Regis, 01243 842336

Rethink www.rethink.org

Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis Society www.mssociety.org.uk

Multiple Sclerosis International Federation www.msif.org

Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus www.asbah.org

Updated November 2011.