Newsgroup uk.people.disability Home Page

This is the homepage for the UK newsgroup uk.people.disability. This home page is now hosted by Coblands Consulting. We have tried to make it as helpful as possible to VIPs (Visually Impaired People - but please get in touch if there are things which can be done to improve it.) In particular, would it be helpful if the entire page were to display automatically in a larger typeface?

The uk.people.disability newsgroup

The charter for uk.people.disability newsgroup

Some useful addresses

Various URL Links

The uk.people.disability newsgroup

You will find the newsgroup at uk.people.disability. The remainder of this homepage comprises a link to the newsgroup, some useful addresses provided by members, a series of other links which have been provided by newsgroup members, and the charter.

Some useful addresses

To have addresses added to this page use the form below. Commercial premises may be included, by recommendation only, please, provided that they are businesses specifically set up to assist disabled people.

Banstead Mobility Centre, Damson Way, Fountain Drive, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 4NR
0181 770 1151

Computability Centre, PO box 94, Warwick, CV34 5WS. TEL 01926 312847 . FAX 01926 311345

Disability Assessment Unit, Rehab UK, Windermere House, Kendal Avenue, London W3 0XA, T: 0181 896 2333, F: 0181 896 2444, EMAIL: Rehab@grellier.demon.co.uk

Disability Law Service, room 241, 49-51 Bedford Row, London WZ1R 4LR. Tel: 0171 831 8031

Chevron, 18 Brunswick Business Park, Summers Rd., Liverpool L3 Tel: 0151 707 1146. They make sports wheelchairs and a variety of cycles, including hand- operated ones.

Employers Forum on Disability in the UK, Nutmeg House, 60 Gainsford Street, London, SE1 2NY PHONE: 0171 403 3020 FAX: 0171 403 0404. Email: efd@employers-forum.co.uk Comprehensive handbook for employers with guidance and examples of best practice relating to employing disabled people

London Transport, Accessible Transport Unit, 55 The Broadway. Tel: 0171 222 5600

Bromakin Wheelchairs, 12 Prince William Road, Loughborough. LE11 0GU, Tel: 01509 217569 Fax: 01509 233954. Recommended by a Newsgroup member, who has been very pleased with their service.

Roxanne Persaud rp@blindinbusiness.demon.co.uk
Job Covenant Scheme Manager Tel: (44)(0)171 588 1885
Blind in Business, Wingate Annexe, Fax: (44)(0)171 588 1886
St. Alphage House, 2 Fore Street, London EC2Y 5DA

Various URL Links

The following addresses are ones which have been posted to the newsgroup. We have not had time to test all of them them, but hope they will be helpful. Please try them and email Robert Tusler with any comments. As time goes on we will try to read them and check their value and effectiveness.

If you want your own home page added to the list email Robert Tusler with the URL and we'll check it out and see if it is line with the charter.

Any links to other home pages are offered freely and without prejudice. No advice or professional services are offered from this home page.

Hendre Pursuits - Adventure 97

Age Concern

Birmingham Disability Resource Centre

Birmingham Multi-Care

Royal National Institute for the Blind

Blind Piano Tuners

Paul Maxwell's Braille page from the States

Internet Braille Wizard

Encouragement for disabled campers

site dedicated to UK charities involved in caring for people

The Ramp Ahead - Cerebral Palsy site

University of Westminster, Computer Centre for People with Disabilities

Connections Disability Home Page

Deafblind Link

DIAL UK

Disabled Living Centres Council

Disability Net

Disability Equipment Register

Disability Link Barn

German Down Syndrome WebPage

Advice on wheelchair access to The Glastonbury Festival. Should still be relevant in 1998 ! Will be updated.

Dyslexia 2000 Network

European Disabled Fishing Festival

Dyslexia 2000 Network

The Fibromyalgia Association UK

Freecare

Informal - for people with MS and other disabilities in Lincolnshire

Jooly's Joint - World Wide club for people with MS

Information Resources For Adults With Learning Disabilities

Information Society disAbilities Challenge (ISdAC)

ME Facility

Chris Boyes Information about Multiple Sclerosis

Choices & Rights Disability Coalition

Muscular Dystrophy Italian Association

No Limits Sports Club for Disabled Children

Northamptonshire People First

BODY - the British Organ Donor Society

Information on the OutsidersClub.

The National Disability Council

Disability on the Agenda

The Disability Telegraph

Hammersmith and Fulham Action on Disability

Yuri Rubinsky Insight Foundation WEBABLE

Outdoor activities for people with any disabillity

Sailing club with disabled facillities

Outdoor sports for the spinally injured

British Surgical Trades Association

World Association Of Persons with Disabilities [WAPD]

Some private sites belonging to members

Ali's Bristol based site

Alan Price

Kevin our awesome dude on wheels NB This seems to be an advertisement for luxury limousines for hire. Does anybody know if Kevin is an individual involved with this organisation? Otherwise I think I might remove it.

The Disabled Authors Society

Sylvain in Dublin

Story of a van crash

Anabel Smyth

Damon Rose- he just says and does stuff

The charter for uk.people.disability newsgroup

This is the initial charter for the newsgroup uk.people.disability as issued in the newgroup message.

Richard Letts
control@usenet.org.uk

uk.people.disability - discussion of disability related topics in the UK.

CHARTER

This unmoderated group will be a forum for discussion of all disability related items in the UK. There are a number of very popular and high volume groups in the main series, with many UK members. However, the UK communication and local interests are overwhelmed by the volume of North American traffic. Because of the high traffic, people tend to focus on their own specific disability interests.

A UK wide general disability group would complement the main groups by allowing discussion of topics of local interest by disabled people and their friends and carers. In particular, such matters as medical insurance, health care, events, social services requirements, benefits policy, and other localised topics wold be better discussed by UK members in a local newsgroup with common interests even if different disabilities are involved.

ADVERTISING POLICY

Unsolicited commercial advertising is not welcomed on uk.people.disability. Sensible answers to queries about products or services are permitted provided that detailed product description, price, and place to enquire about the product are not all included. The whole point of the newsgroup is the provision of information and postings made in the spirit of this objective will be welcomed.

BINARY FILES

Posters are asked not to post binary files e.g. pictures and executable files i.e. programs. People wanting to make such files available to others should post a message offering them by e-mail.

In addition, Damon Rose has put together a draft FAQ for the newsgroup which can be found at People's FAQ Version 1.0

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