Support Hub
Welcome to the support hub, in here you'll find some useful links and resources to charities and organisations in the UK.
These aren't endorsed by me and I would love to hear which ones you use, which ones you find most useful for you and your family so I can make recommendations and reviews based on your real, life experiences.
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Their services and support are centred around young people, including support their educating and through a youth network. Find out more on their website.
Autism Central support parents and carers and aims to make it easier to learn more about autism and services available.
Autistic-led charity offering essential support services, resources, education and a thriving community for Autistic parents.
Offers a centralised resource where parents/carers and professionals can access a wide range of information, tools, and support related to understanding and supporting people with autism.
Communication Access UK is an initiative developed in partnership by charities and organisations that share a vision to improve the lives of people with communication difficulties.
They've developed the Communication Access Symbol, a new disability access symbol underpinned by a completely free training package and standards.
They hope that these will help everyone, businesses / organisations to better support people with communication difficulties.
Check out the website to find out how to sign up.
Contact - the charity for families with disabled children
They support families, bring families together and help families take action for others.
They offer an array of resources for both families and professionals and are often at the forefront of campaigning too.
The I Can Charity focuses on helping children communicate and thrive.
Today, over 100,000 children and adults use Makaton symbols and signs, either as their main method of communication or as a way to support speech.
Check out their website to find useful resources and how you can start learning and using Makaton.
Their vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. They provide lots of resources and support for families and professionals alike.
The offer a wide range of resources and information about autism.
Speech and Language UK offer free resources and services to help families understanding what to look out for, child’s speech, language and communication milestones, how to get support and even some simple ways you can help your child at home. They even have tools to support educators and professionals too.
The Sequal Trust, are bridging the communication gap for disabled people. By providing suitable assistive technology to people who need it most, they aim to increase the quality of life for those who have communication difficulties.
