General Information

• CALL Scotland. Specialist expertise in communication and assistive technology.
  
  Comprehensive series of extremely useful information sheets . . .
  
  
• Community Website Builder. Use the 'website locate' to find community websites built with this FREE service.
  
  
• Assist UK leads a UK wide network of locally-situated Disabled Living Centres. Each centre includes a permanent exhibition of products and equipment that provide people with opportunities to see and try products and equipment and get information and advice from professional staff about what might suit them best.There are over 325 advisors throughout the network who respond to an average ¼ million enquiries made each year.Disabled Living Centres also provide a valuable source of information relating to access, design and equipment for daily living. This can be especially useful to carers, older people and healthcare workers, students and manufacturers.
  
  
• CENMAC. supports pupils and students with physical disabilities who are receiving their education in special and mainstream schools throughout Inner London. CENMAC is able to assess need, loan appropriate equipment and liaise with and train the adults who support the pupil to ensure effective use.
  
  

• NAVCA (the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action) is the national voice of local voluntary and commuity sector infrastructure in England. A membership of 360 work with 140,000 local community groups and voluntary organisations which provide services, regenerate neighbourhoods, increase volunteering and tackle discrimination, in partnership with local public bodies.

• BBC My Web - My Way. A website specially designed to help people to easily make adjustments to the browser, keyboard and mouse settings, so that the web is more accessible. Caters for Windos, Apple Mac and Linux operating systems.

• Web Wise. The BBC's guide to using the internet.

• MyGuide. A free online training resource where you can learn how to use a computer, how to use the internet and to search for information. A great place to start if you are a novice.
  
  
• Disability support in Germany (in English). German law (Grundgesetz) forbids discrimination on the basis of physical or mental disability. The Social Welfare Code IX (SGBIX), which came in to force in April 2001, is based on the idea of equal opportunities and participation rather than merely welfare. It focuses on rehabilitation and access for disabled people and stipulates levels of support depending on measurement of the degree of disability.