Independent Living Community Website

http://www.independentliving.co.uk/ Independent Living is a community site which provides news, views and product information designed to assist with living independently. It is a completely open resource for the use of disabled and elderly individuals, healthcare professionals and family carers.

Wheel Power

http://www.wheelpower.org.uk/ WheelPower is the national charity for wheelchair sport and helps these people and many others with disabilities to achieve their sporting dreams.

Aphasia Now

http://www.aphasianow.org/ Resources for people with Aphasia. Aphasia is the either partial or total loss of the ability to communicate verbally or using written words.

Headway Leicester

http://www.headwayleicester.org.uk/ As part of Headway, the Brain Injury Association, we offer a range of services to people with brain injuries or illnesses and to those close to them in Leicestershire and Rutland

Lamp Direct

http://www.lampdirect.org.uk/ provides mental health services to people in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Leicestershire Centre for Integrated Living

http://www.lcil.org.uk/ provides volunteering projects and train people on computers

Leicestershire Care OnLine

http://www.leicscareonline.org.uk/ provides internet-ready computers available for disabled and older people.

CLASP

http://www.claspthecarerscentre.org.uk/ CLASP The Carers Centre work with and supports carers in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

The Orange Badge Company

http://www.orangebadge.com/ Based in Los Cristianos, Tenerife and providing hire and sale of wheelchairs, hoists, walking sticks and much more.

Royal Association of Deaf People

http://www.royaldeaf.org.uk/ The Royal Association for Deaf people (RAD) promotes the welfare and interests of Deaf people (by which we mean deaf people whose first or preferred language is sign language).

Action Deafness

http://www.actiondeafness.org.uk/ Action Deafness formerly known as the Centre for Deaf People (CFDP) aims to improve quality of life by promoting independence and equality of opportunity for Deaf, Deafened, Hard of Hearing and Deafblind People.

www.vistablind.org.uk

http://www.vistablind.org.uk/ responsive, local services for visually impaired people in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

The Disability Information Network

http://www.ldicn.org.uk/ The site gives information on disability issues. Also allows you to change the colour and text size.

Royal Yachting Association

http://www.rya.org.uk/ Information on Access sailing, as shown within our ‘Sailability Project’ page

Youth Web

http://www.youth-web.org.uk Joint project run by Friday Verve and Soft Touch.

Disability Now

http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk Produces a newspaper for disabled people on a national level

Whitehill Publishing

http://www.whitehillpublishing.org.uk Whitehill Publishing have set up this website to sell their publications online. Works include Living With…

Adobe

http://www.adobe.com Download Adobe Acrobat Reader for free to open up all downloads.

WebbIE

http://www.webbie.org.uk A web browser for blind and visually impaired people. Free and ready to download.

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