Organisations

• 4Children - charity dedicated to creating opportunities for children
• AADD - UK - adults with ADHD support group
• AbilityNet - range of ICT services for people with disabilities
• ACE Centre - use of technology
• ADDISS - ADHD support group UK
• ADFAM - working with families affected by drugs and alcohol
• ADHD - Northern Ireland
• ADHD -CADDRA-The Canadian Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Resource Alliance
• ADHD Ireland - HADD family support group
• Afasic - speech and language impairments
• All Special Kids - Geneva - support network
• Angelman syndrome - rare genetic condition
• Arthritis - Children's Chronic Arthritis Association
• ASHA- The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• Aspergers syndrome in adult
• Aspire - Ireland - Asperger Syndrome
• Association for Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus
• Asthma UK
• Autism
• Autism - Wales
• Autism education - Treehouse
• Autism Independent UK
• BBC - parenting advice
• British Dyslexia Association
• British Institute of Learning Disabilities
• British Society for Music Therapy
• Bullying - organisations
• Cancer - children - cancerbackup
• Cancer - children - CLIC Sargent
• CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research - Canada
• Care for The Family
• Cerebra - support for parents of disabled children
• Cerebral palsy - Bobath
• Child Care Link - childcare in your area
• Childnet International - Internet safety
• Cleft Lip and Palate Association - UK
• Cleft Lip and Palate Association of Ireland
• Climb - Children Living with Inherited Metabolic Diseases
• Communication skills - ARCOS
• Contact a Family - support for parents
• CORAM - charity to help with emotional health
• Counselling Directory
• Cry-sis - for parents with crying and sleepless children
• DANDA - for people with neurodevelopmental conditions
• Daycare Trust - childcare
• DCD- Canada CAN child
• Different disabilities - information - All Kinds of Minds
• Disability Arts Wales
• Disability Federation Ireland
• Disability Scotland
• Disability Sport
• Disability sports associations
• Disability Wales
• Disabled Living Foundation - advice about equipment and products
• Disabled Parents Network
• Downs Syndrome
• Driving advice - Motability
• Dyscalculia - maths difficulties
• Dyslexia Association Ireland
• Dyslexia - Dyslexia Action
• Dyslexia - Helen Arkell Centre
• Dyslexia - International Association
• Dyslexia Research Trust
• Dyspraxia - Australia
• Dyspraxia - Canada
• Dyspraxia - France
• Dyspraxia - Ireland - Dyspraxia Association
• Dyspraxia - Poland
• Dyspraxia - USA
• Dyspraxia Association - New Zealand
• Dyspraxia Foundation
• Dyspraxia Scotland - HDCD group
• Dyspraxia/DCD Cork
• Ehler-Danlos Support Group
• Enuresis
• Epilepsy (epilepsy action)
• Family and Parenting Institute
• Family Fund - help for families with severely disabled children
• Food and Behaviour Research (FAB Research)
• Forums for discussion
• Full Time Mothers
• Girlguiding
• Grandparents' Association
• Handwriting
• Handwriting - National Handwriting Association
• Handwriting- National Handwriting Association (UK)
• Help At Hand toolkit - behaviour
• Home-Start - for parents of under-fives
• HomeDad - support group
• Hyperactive Children's Support Group (HACSG)
• Hypermobility Syndrome
• I-CAN-A charity working for children with speech and language difficulty
• Incontinence - ERIC
• Infant massage
• Information technology support - AbilityNet
• Learning Difficulties Foundation
• Left handed
• Linking parents and school - Big Wide Talk organisation
• Marfan syndrome
• MENCAP
• Mental Health - Young Minds
• Mindroom - A Scottish charity - raising awareness of learning difficulties
• Mother's Union
• Muscular Dystrophy
• Music therapy - British Society
• National Association for Gifted Children
• National Autistic Society
• National Childminding Association of England and Wales
• National Children's Bureau
• National Literacy Trust
• National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
• Netmums - support for mothers and families
• Network 81 - inclusive education for children with special educational needs.
• Neurofibromatosis Association
• NHS direct - health care directory
• Noonans Syndrome
• One Parent Families (Gingerbread)
• One Space - for single parents
• PACE - for lesbian and gay parents
• Parent /teacher guidance site - Schwablearning
• Parent network - National Parenting Network
• Parent Zone - Scotland
• Parenting across Scotland
• Parenting UK (formerly known as Parenting Education & Support Forum)
• Parentline Plus
• Parents Advice Centre (NI)
• Parents Centre - help with childcare/choosing schools
• Parents in Partnership Parent Infant Network (PIPPIN)
• Parents Plus - Ireland
• Partners in policy - leadership training courses for adults and parents
• Prader-Willi syndrome
• Riding for the disabled
• Scope Cymru - equality for disabled people
• Scotland - additional support needs advice
• Scotopic sensitivity syndrome/Irlen syndrome
• Scouts
• SEBDA - social, emotional & behavioural disorders
• Setting-up and Running a Parent Support Organisation
• Sibling support
• SKILL- students with disabilities
• Special Needs Advice - IPSEA
• Special Needs Advice Wales - SNAP Cymru
• Specialist schools advice - Gabbitas
• Stammer - Michael Palin Centre
• Stammer - the British Stammering Association
• Sudden Infant Death
• SureStart - Government programme
• Swimming
• The Children's Society
• The Children's Trust for children with disabilities
• The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) - influencing national policy
• The National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS)
• Tourette Syndrome Association
• Transition Information Network
• TreeHouse - autism education
• Williams Syndrome
• Working Families
• Young Minds Trust

British Dyslexia Association

The BDA's role has been raising awareness of the evidence and effects of dyslexia. We now also aim to develop and encourage services that meet the needs of dyslexic people. The BDA promotes early identification and support in schools to ensure opportunity to learn for dyslexic learners. We want to represent the needs of dyslexic people on leaving school, in higher education and in work.