Connect Supported Employment Service works with people who have learning and associated disabilities.

In addition to the support provided by Connect, a number of other organisations can provide advice and guidance for those with specific disabilities. Details of these organisations are provided below:

National Autistic Society
(www.nas.org.uk)

Information about autism and aspergers syndrome, their characteristics and causes.

Scope – People with Cerebral Palsy
(www.scope.org.uk)

Information about cerebral palsy kept deliberately simple and providing an overview.

British Deaf Association
(www.bda.org.uk)

Useful information for support workers including: causes, sign language, guidelines for communications with deaf people, deaf culture and the deaf community.

National Deaf, Blind and Rubella Association
(www.sense.org.uk)

Sense is the world’s largest organisation working and campaigning for deaf blind people, their families and professionals.

British Dyslexia Association
(www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk)

Extensive information about dyslexia, recognising its signs plus a range of other useful related information.

The Dyspraxia Foundation
(www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk)

Information about dyspraxia and its effect in secondary, further and higher education. Useful information for advisers and support workers.

Beacon - Epilepsy
(www.epilepsy.org.uk)

A comprehensive range of information about epilepsy and how it can be managed and tips for employment interviews.

Headway
(www.headway.org.uk)

Web-site of the Brain Injury Association, providing a wide range of information and publications connected with head injuries.

Association for Supported Employment (AFSE)
(www.afse.org.uk)

The national body for supported employment in the UK.

Disability Now
(www.disabilitynow.org.uk)

Generic information and support for disability in general. i

New York on line access to health (NOAH)
(www.noah-health.org/)

For people interested in knowing more about a particular aspect of disability, NOAH is a unique, responsible and authoritative health information site.

Shaw Trust
(www.shaw-trust.org.uk)

Provides information about work and training opportunities for people with disability and employers.