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A Special Child in the Family
- Dedicated to helping parents cope with a child with a disability including dealing with the initial shock following your child's diagnosis and how to cope.
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Action for Sick Children
- Working with healthcare professionals and Government bodies to improve the quality of care for sick and disabled children. Includes donation details.
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The Alexander Trust
- Provides support and information to special needs families. Details of lectures and dolphin healing programmes.
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The Association of Wheelchair Children
- A charity offering wheelchair training courses for children and their families. Location map of available course, contacts and donate online facility.
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Caudwell Children
- Provides specialist equipment, treatment and therapy to disabled children across the UK. Offers area contacts and details of how to donate.
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Child Disability Help
- Offering help to disabled children under the age of 16 in the UK. Equipment details, days out information and benefit advice.
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Children in the Picture
- Campaigns for the inclusion of children with disabilities into early years picture books and literature. Includes resource lists, stories, image bank and details of events and training available.
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Children with a Learning Disability
- An NHS information site providing information for parents and health professionals with video clips, special reports and advice contacts.
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The Children's Trust
- Provides education, therapy and care to children with varying disabilities in the UK. Fundraising details, news and events plus rehabilitation centres.
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ClearVision
- A UK postal lending library of children's Braille books with over 12,000 in the collection. Details of the books available and how to joining the library.
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Contact a Family
- UK-wide charity providing advice, information and support to the parents of all disabled children. Includes an A-Z of conditions, resources for professionals and families and details of current campaigns.
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Dame Vera Lynn Trust
- Supports families with children or a child with cerebral palsy under the age of 5. Includes fundraising details and a profile of Dame Vera Lynn.
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Disabled Children Matter Wales
- A campaign to ensure that disabled children and their families across Wales have the sameeveryday opportunities as other children and families. Includes resources and campaign materials, how to get involved, news, and contacts.
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Elisabeth Svendsen Trust
- Offering riding therapy with donkeys for children with special needs.
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Every Disabled Child Matters (EDCM)
- A campaign run by leading organisations working with disabled children and their families to lobby for rights and justice for every disabled child; provides details of policies and campaigns, how to get involved, resources, news, and contacts.
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The Family Fund
- An independent grant-giving organisation helping low-income families caring for a severely disabled child; describes their scheme, with online application and guidelines.
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Go Kids Go
- A leading provider of wheelchair training skills, including road safety, getting up and down kerbs, negotiating steps and much more. View course details and how to get involved.
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Happy Days
- A charity that funds holidays and days out for children with special needs and/or physical disabilities. Includes application details.
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The Henry Spink Foundation
- A charity assisting children with severe disabilities through complementary and alternative medicine. Details of how to offer help.
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Kids
- Guides disabled children towards mainstream inclusion in the communities plus offers parent respite. Includes news and event details.
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Kindred
- A voluntary organisation based at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh providing information and emotional support to families of children and young people with additional support needs, and the professionals who work with them.
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National Blind Childrens Society
- Supports blind and visual impaired children. Details of assistance offered, mission statement and fundraising information.
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The National Holiday Fund
- A charity that raises funds to take disabled and sick children on a holiday of a lifetime to Florida, USA. View images, video clips and how to apply or donate.
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Newlife Foundation
- Assists the parents and families with disabled and terminally ill children. Details of nursing facilities, equipment and awareness.
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Parents for Inclusion
- A national charity set up by parents that have a disabled child. Includes parent representation details and a hotline contact.
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Scotland's Disabled Children (fSDC)
- A coalition of children's and disability organisations campaigning for effective services that meet the needs of all disabled children and young people; includes background on issues and campaign materials, how to get involved, news, contacts, and blogs.
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SNAAP
- Provides information and support to families and carers in Canterbury and coastal areas. Includes a resource directory and volunteer services.
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Special Kids in the UK
- Provides support and advice to UK families of children with any kind of special needs. Describes the available services and includes FAQ and publications list.
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TAC Interconnections
- An organisation set up to promote and support a team model for everyone in the world of childhood disability, including parents, carers, and professionals. Includes resources, news, and contacts.
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The Variety Club Children's Charity
- Helping sick, disabled and disadvantaged children in the UK. View event details and news plus locations and donation details.
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