Learning Disabilities - Links
Below is a list of links to learning disability organisations and charities we have compiled to provide information, advice, and contact details for support for those caring for someone with a learning disability.
You may also like to make use of our discussion boards or online chat room, or you can email us any questions direct at help@carers.org
For links to organisations outside the arena of learning disabilities, click on the related resources on the right.
Befriending Network (Scotland)
British Institue of Learning Disabilities
Disability Discrimination Act Consultation (Dept. of Work & Pensions)
Disability Rights Commission Scotland
Easyhealth.org.uk (accessible health information)
Minority Ethnic Learning Disability Initiative
National Association for Special Education Needs
National Down Syndrome Society
One Parent Families (caring for a child with additional needs)
Prader-Willi Syndrome Association
Profound and Multiple Impairment Service (Scotland)
Rett Syndrome – Stacey’s story