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Disability - on the agenda

Information of the New Deal for the Disabled initiative and disability rights. There is also a section on the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative which provides detailed guidelines for web authors on making their pages accessible to all.
http://www.disability.gov.uk/

Disability Benefits

Links to the correct pages of official government sites covering benefits for the disabled and other useful topics. Plus products and services for the disabled.
http://www.disabilitybenefits.co.uk/

The Disability Rights Commission

Uses legal enforcement to work towards eliminating discrimination against disabled people. Includes information on disability rights, campaigns and news.
http://www.drc-gb.org/

The Disability Archive UK

Provides access to the writings of disability activists, writers and allies whose work may no longer be easily accessible in the public domain.
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/archiveuk/

Choices and Rights Disability Coalition

An organisation run by and for disabled people in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire. Identifies and challenges discrimination. Publications, services and news.
http://www.choicesandrights.org.uk/

Disability Discrimination Act 1995: An Enabling Act or a Discriminating Law?

Personal page providing a detailed analysis of this Act.
http://freespace.virgin.net/steven.jacklin/ddacont.html

Red Disability

Disability factfiles, political viewpoints and contentious news articles, plus famous disabled people including rock musicians.
http://website.lineone.net/~starfive/RedDisHome.htm

Discrimination Against People Who Stammer in the UK

Information and articles about how the Disability Discrimination Act applies to stammering in the fields of employment, provision of services and education. Also about social security benefits for people who stammer.
http://www.atyrer.demon.co.uk/stammer/dda/

Disability Alliance

Publishers of the Disability Rights Handbook and a leading authority on social security benefits for disabled people. Includes advice pages on benefit rights.
http://www.disabilityalliance.org/

Disability Discrimination Act 1995

Text of the United Kingdom's Disability Discrimination Act, with suggested guidelines.
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1995/1995050.htm
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