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Specialist
Agencies (Specific Disabilities)
The following
listing does not aim to be comprehensive. There are very many
agencies providing a wide range of help and information, and
many of the sites listed carry links to other useful sites.
Autism
| Prospects
Scotland (Employment Consultancy for people with autism
and Asperger syndrome) |
| Address: |
Central
Chambers, 1st Floor, 109 Hope Street, Glasgow G2 6LL |
| Telephone: |
0141
248 1725 |
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| Prospects
works in partnership with the Employers Forum on Disability,
to find real job opportunities for real wages. |
Cerebral
Palsy
| Scope
- Employment Services |
| Address: |
Sterling
House, 10B Harding Way, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE17 4WR |
| Telephone: |
01480
309 615 |
| Helpline: |
0808
800 3333 |
| E-mail: |
cphelpline@scope.org.uk |
| Web
site: |
http://www.scope.org.uk |
| Offers
employment related help, information and advice. |
Deaf
and Hard of Hearing
| Royal
Association of Deaf People (RAD) |
| Address: |
Walsingham
Road, Colchester, Essex COL? 7BP |
| Telephone: |
020
7622 4969 |
| E-mail: |
RAD.London@Virgin.net |
| Web
site: |
http://www.royaldeaf.org.uk |
| Information
on a range of topics including employment, and current vacancies. |
| Royal
National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) |
| Address: |
19-23
Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8SL |
| Telephone: |
020
7296 8000 |
| Helpline: |
0808
808 0123 |
| E-mail: |
helpline@rnid.org.uk |
| Web
site: |
http://www.rnid.org.uk |
| Advice
and information on a range of issues including employment
matters. |
Dyslexia
Epilepsy
| National
Society for Epilepsy |
| Address: |
Chesham
Lane, Chalfont St Peter, Bucks, SL9 0RJ |
| Telephone: |
01494
601 300 |
| Helpline: |
01494
601 400 |
| Web
site: |
http://www.epilepsynse.org.uk |
| Help,
advice and information on a range of issues including employment
matters. |
Head
Injuries
| Headway
National Head Injuries Association |
| Address: |
4
King Edward Court, King Edward Street, Nottingham NG1 1EW |
| Telephone: |
0115
924 0800 |
| E-mail: |
information@headway.org.uk |
| Web
site: |
http://www.headway@org.uk |
| Advice
and information on range of issues including employment
matters. |
ME
Mental
Health
Multiple
Sclerosis
| Multiple
Sclerosis Society |
| Address: |
The
MS National Centre, 372 Edgware Road, London NW2 6ND |
| Telephone: |
020
84380700 |
| Helpline: |
0808
800 8000 |
| E-mail: |
info@mssociety.org.uk |
| Web
site: |
http://www.mssociety.org.uk |
| Information
and advice, including publications, on a range of issues
including employment matters. |
Spina
Bifida
| Association
for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus |
| Address: |
42
Park Road, Peterborough PE1 2UQ |
| Telephone: |
01733
555 988 |
| E-mail: |
postmaster@asbah.demon.co.uk |
| Web
site: |
http://www.asbah.org |
| Advice
and information, including employment related issues. |
Visual
Impairment
| RNIB |
| Address: |
(Headquarters)
224 Great Portland Street, LondonW1N 6AA |
| Telephone: |
0207
388 1266 |
| General
information, advice, training and employment services, including
a regular vacancy list. |
| RNIB
(Scotland) |
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| Address: |
RNIB
Employment & Student Support Network Scotland, Dunedin
House, 25 Ravelston Terrace, Edinburgh EH4 3TP |
| Information
line: |
0800
389 7568 |
| Web
site for employers and job seekers: |
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http://www.rnib.org.uk/ew |
| Main
web site |
http://www.rnib.org.uk/ |
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| Action
for Blind People |
| Address: |
14-16
Verney Road, London SE1 7LL |
| Telephone: |
020
7732 8771 |
| Web
site: |
http://www.demon.co.uk/afbp |
| Work
preparation service, accessed through Job Centres |
| Blind
in Business |
| Address: |
Wingate
Annexe, St Alphage House, 2 Fore Street, London EC2Y 5DA |
| Telephone: |
020
7588 1885 |
| E-mail: |
rp@blindin
business.demon.co.uk |
| Providing
advice and support and creating job opportunities for visually
impaired graduates. |
| Glasgow
& West of Scotland Society for the Blind |
| Address: |
2
Queens Crescent, Glasgow G4 9BW |
| Telephone: |
0141
332 4632 |
| Web
site: |
http://www.gwssb.demon.co.uk |
| Information
and advice on a range of issues, including training and
consultancy for assistive technology. |
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