Websites
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A Celebration of Wheels
http://members.tripod.com/lenmac
Role models and celebrities liberated by wheelchairs all feature on this site.
Brittle Bone Society
www.brittlebone.org/
Offers help and support to people suffering from osteogenesis imperfecta.
CandoCo
www.candoco.co.uk/
A pioneering project producing integrated danceworks and dance opportunities for physically disabled and non-disabled performers
Cone Rod Dystrophy
www.retinafoundation.org
Cone-rod dystrophy is a genetic disorder that affects the cells of the retina, undermining both central and peripheral vision.
Cystic Fibrosis Trust
www.cftrust.org.uk
Website offering support and information for people with cystic fibrosis and their families.
David Toole
www.davidtoole.cwc.net
Official website of David Toole, a dancer and actor with no legs. David is an inspiration to other people with and without disabilities. Check out the galleries.
Disability Now
www.disabilitynow.org.uk
Online version of the UK's leading disability magazine. Includes news, articles, archived reports, features and links.
Four All
www.fourall.org
Channel 4's database and link between disabled people and the media.
Laban Centre
www.laban.org
The Laban Centre based in London's New Cross is one of Europe's leading institutions for dance artist training.
Martin Bruch
www.martinbruch.com/en/default.htm
Martin, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, has developed a successful career as a photographer, specifically snapping the spectacular crashes he has had riding his skateboard and, eventually, his wheelchair.
My Inspiration
http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/
story/0,5500,519001,00.html
The Guardian newspaper interviews Mat Fraser.
Orlan Living Masterpiece
www.wiu.edu/users/gjr100/orlan.htm
Orlan is a French artist who offers her face and body as a canvas of flesh where plastic surgeons create art with scalpels and lasers. Check out Orlan's gallery.
The Deaf Definitive Version
www.isitmyround.fsnet.co.uk
Official website of Steven Day, a deaf comedian. Check out the gig days.
The Fall Guy
www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/
0,11381,706918,00.html
The Guardian report on Martin Bruch, a photographer with multiple sclerosis, whose extraordinary pictures show the world from his point of view – the ground.
The Health House
www.channel4.com/health
Information on a wide range of health issues, with summaries of illnesses and treatments, and details of organisations that can provide medical and emotional help and support.
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Organisations
Artsline
54 Chalton Street
London NW1 1HS
Tel: 020 7388 2227
Fax: 020 7383 2653
Textphone: 020 7388 2227
E-mail: access@artsline.org.uk
Website: www.artsline.org.uk
Free telephone information service, which is open to people of all ages with any kind of disability, supplies details of what's on and access information for theatres, cinemas, tourist attractions, selected restaurants and comedy and music venues across London.
British Council of Disabled People
Litchurch Plaza
Litchurch Lane
Derby DE24 8AA
Tel: 01332 295 551
Fax: 01332 295 580
Textphone: 01332 295 581
E-mail: general@bcodp.org.uk
Website: www.bcodp.org.uk
Set up by disabled people in 1981 to promote full equality and participation within society, an umbrella organisation representing over 100 disabled people's groups nationally.
Carousel
Community Base
113 Queens Road
Brighton BN1 3XG
Tel: 01273 234 734
Fax: 01273 234 735
E-mail: enquiries@carousel.org.uk
Website: www.carousel.org.uk
A high quality artistic programme that inspires people with learning difficulties to explore, develop, create and enjoy the arts.
Chicken Shed Theatre Company
Chase Side, Southgate
London N14 4PE
Tel: 020 8351 6161
E-mail: info@chickenshed.org.uk
http://chickenshed.org.uk/index.html
A successful integrated theatre company whose members include children, young people and adults. Chicken Shed works on the principle that anyone who wants to perform has the ability and the right to do so.
Dial UK
St Catherine's
Tickhill Road
Doncaster
South Yorks DN4 8QN
Tel: 01302 310 123
Fax: 01302 310 404
Textphone 01302 310 123
E-mail: enquiries@dialuk.org.uk
Website: www.dialuk.org.uk/
Umbrella organisation supporting a network of local disability advice lines across the country. For details of your local office contact the above or visit the website.
Disability Information Trust
Mary Marlborough Centre
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
Headington
Oxford OX3 7LD
Tel: 01865 227 592
E-mail: input@abilityonline.net
Website: www.abilityonline.org.uk
/disability_information_trust.htm
Provides disabled people and carers with independent information about disability aids.
Disability Now
6 Market Road
London N7 9PW
Tel: 020 7619 7323
Fax: 020 7619 7331
Textphone: 020 7619 7332
E-mail: editor@disabilitynow.org.uk
Website: www.disabilitynow.org.uk
The UK's leading disability site, giving a whole range of useful information, articles, links, adverts and an archive.
Equity British Actors' Union
Guild House
Upper St Martins Lane
London WC2H 9EG
Tel: 020 7379 6000
Fax: 020 7379 7001
Website: www.equity.org.uk
Trade union representing artists from across the entire spectrum of arts and entertainment.
Graeae Theatre Company
LVS Resource Centre
356 Holloway RD
London
N7 6PA
Tel: 020 7700 2455
Minicom: 020 7609 7324
Fax: 020 7700 8184
E-mail : info@graeae.org
Website: http://members.lycos.co.uk/graeae/index.htm
The only full-time professional theatre company of disabled people in the world. Genuinely pioneering, Graeae's aim is to redress the exclusion from performance of people with physical and sensory impairments.
Limbless Association
Rehabilitation Centre
Roehampton Lane
London SW15 5PR
Tel: 020 8788 1777
Fax: 020 8788 3444
E-mail: enquiries@limbless-association.org
Website: www.limbless-association.org
Information, advice and support for people of all ages who are without one or more limbs. Has a UK network of volunteer visitors who are all amputees themselves, offering support and encouragement to amputees, prospective amputees and carers.
London Disability Arts Forum (LDAF)
Tel: 020 7916 5484
Fax: 020 7916 5396
E-mail: info@ldaf.net
Website: www.ldaf.org
A disability-led organisation that promotes disability arts and the work of disabled artists. LDAF seeks to strengthen and develop the image of disability arts and culture.
Scope
6 Market Road
London N7 9PW
Helpline: 0808 800 3333 (9am-9pm weekdays; 2pm-6pm weekends)
E-mail: CPHelpline@scope.org.uk
Website: www.scope.org.uk
For people with cerebral palsy. A major campaigning organisation on disability issues with over 250 local groups plus hundreds of services used by people with cerebral palsy and associated disabilities.
The Thalidomide Society
19 Central Avenue
Pinner
Middlesex HA5 5BT
Tel: 020 8868 5309
Fax: 020 8868 5309
E-mail: info@thalsoc.demon.co.uk
Website: www.thalidomidesociety.co.uk
Advice and support for people with thalidomide and similar impairments, and information for anyone working with this group.
