Newsgroup uk.people.disability Home Page

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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.

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

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

The Arts Connection

Birmingham Disability Resource Centre

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

'Charity UK'

The Chatback Trust

Choices and Rights Disability Coalition

Holiday Companions

Computability Centre

University of Westminster, Computer Centre for People with Disabilities

Connections Disability Home Page

Deafblind Link

DIAL UK

Development Officer: Disability Association - Cymdeithas Anabledd

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

BDA

European Disabled Fishing Festival

Dyslexia 2000 Network

The Fibromyalgia Association UK

Freecare

Heart 'n Soul Music Theatre

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

Kent Information Federation

Information Resources For Adults With Learning Disabilities

Information Society disAbilities Challenge (ISdAC)

Links to disability sites

ME Facility

Paul Dicken - Director, JAF Ministries UK

Chris Boyes Information about Multiple Sclerosis

Muscular Dystrophy Italian Association

No Limits Sports Club for Disabled Children

Northamptonshire People First

BODY - the British Organ Donor Society

Information on the Outsiders Club.

INSPIRE.. INtegrated SPInal REhabilitation

The National Disability Council

Disability on the Agenda

The Disability Telegraph

Yuri Rubinsky Insight Foundation WEBABLE

Outdoor activities for people with any disabillity

Quickie Wheelchairs

Sailing club with disabled facillities

Outdoor sports for the spinally injured

British Surgical Trades Association

Interlink

Some private sites belonging to members

Alan Price

Kevin our awesome dude on wheels

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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