Topic - Physical Disabilities
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- Disability Information Unit Greater Glasgow (DIGG)
Disability Information for Greater Glasgow (DIGG) aims to provide people who have a disability with the information they need to have control over their lives and to live life to the full. This new Project, funded by Greater Glasgow NHS Board and The Big Lottery Fund, has set up an information and support network for patients, mainly those with neurological and sensory conditions, within the Greater Glasgow area. - Momentum
Momentum, formerly Rehab Scotland, is one of Scotland's leading providers of rehabilitation and training services, empowering people with disabilities and those who are socially and economically excluded to gain greater independence, confidence and access to employment. - Physical Disabilities
Glasgow City Council provides a range of services for physically disabled people living in the city. These include assessment of needs, aids and equipment to help with the tasks of daily living, funding to meet the cost of temporary adaptations to houses, provision of day service opportunities and supported accommodation. - Rehab Goodwill (Glasgow)
This is an information page about Rehab Goodwill (Glasgow). Rehab Goodwill (Glasgow)aim to provide vocational rehabilitation programmes with special emphasis on individuals with disabilities. - The Myatt Project
This is an information page for The Myatt Project. The Myatt Project provides information, advice, training and support for people with disabilities to enable them to personally develop, access opportunities to education and employment and to reduce social isolation. - Capability Scotland
Capability Scotland is Scotland's largest disability organisation, providing a broad range of services to adults and children with disabilities. This comprehensive site offers the user information about the adult and children's services provided. Other features include publications, an advice service and a library. - Disability Rights Commission in Scotland
The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) is an independent organisation with the goal of "a society where all disabled people can participate fully as equal citizens". This site contains access to an online library as well as advice on employment rights and the law. - AbilityNet
Designed to help people with disabilities access ICT. Gives information about software and hardware as well as courses and educational opportunities. Excellent links. Aimed at people with a disability. - Contact a Family directory
The Contact a Family directory page is part of the main Contact a Family site. This organisation is a UK charity which helps families who care for children with a disability or special need. It provides information about rare disorders and is able to assist affected adults as well as children. The page describes the directory which contains details of hundreds of disorders and conditions. The directory is not available on the site but can be purchased in paperback or on CD-ROM from the organisation's online bookshop. - Disability Alliance
Disability Alliance was set up in 1974. Our principal aim is to improve the living standards of disabled people by breaking the link between poverty and disability. We achieve this through the various services we provide to disabled people, their families, carers and professional advisers about social security benefit entitlement and other entitlements. - Disabled Living Foundation
For over 30 years, the DLF has been working for freedom, empowerment and choice for disabled and older people and others who use equipment or assistive technologies (AT) to enhance their independence. - DisabledGo
This is an access information service for disabled people which now covers a number of areas in the UK including Glasgow. Users can check out how accessible Glasgow's shops, pubs and other premises really are. The aim of the site is to enable disabled people (along with friends, family and carers) to participate more fully in community life by providing free detailed access information. DisabledGo access guides provide detailed and accurate data for people with hearing, vision or mobility impairments about access in each town and city featured. Each venue has been visited and assessed. - Foundation for Assistive Technology
There are currently more than six million people in the United Kingdom with a physical disability. As medical technology not only extends our natural life span but also leads to increased survival from illness, severe birth defects or accidents, the number of people with disabilities is constantly growing. FAST has ascertained that there are a number of factors that serve to limit the uptake of new assistive technologies in the UK. FAST believes that a civilised society, having preserved life in this way, has a responsibility to optimise the quality of this survival. - RADAR (The Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation)
RADAR (The Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation) is a national organisation run by and working for disabled people. It is one of the few pan-disability charities in the country, working to represent the needs, views and wishes of over 8.6 million disabled people. - Scope
Scope is the disability organisation in England and Wales whose focus is people with cerebral palsy. Their aim is that disabled people achieve equality: a society in which they are as valued and have the same human and civil rights as everyone else. - disABILITY Information and Resources
disABILITY Information and Resources is a website which provides access and links to a wide range of materials related to disability including publications, databases, newsgroups, mailing lists, newsletters, organisations and books. - Independent Living
The Institute's purpose is to promote the opportunities of persons with disabilities to gain more personal and political power, self-determination, full participation and equality through information, training materials, consultancy and technical assistance. The Institute works in cooperation with other organizations which support these aims at the local, national and international level, including self-help groups in developing countries.
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