I can’t recall how I first came across I CAN but I wrote about this charity on the original version of AllAboutSpecialNeeds.com so I have recreated that entry here. I am reminded once again re-reading this that, whilst its all too easy to focus on the bad and distressing news that is reported [...]
I am very grateful to Rob, Network Manager at my son’s school, for sending me this informayive entry on some of the ICT software and hardware is use at the Ridgeway Community School.
My name is Rob Anderson, I’m the network manager at the Ridgeway Community School in Farnham. I’ve been running the [...]
When our lad was younger we were fortunate to have access to Home-Start. A lovely lady would come to the house for a couple of hours a week and effectively act as a baby-sitter (although we usually didn’t go out!). Its sound trivial but let me tell you those couple of hours [...]
One of the mums at my daughters school told me of her involvement with this charity…
Hampshire Children and Families Forum (HCFF) is a registered charity (No. 1080170) and has 20 local branches across Hampshire in the UK. HCFF works to support the needs of families within each local community. It gives parents [...]
The year 2000 saw the establishment of the Glasgow University Centre for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). Internationally, UCEDDs have built on the original concept and aims of the University Affiliated Program (UAP) model, developed in the USA in the 1960s.
The Glasgow UCEDD
The Glasgow UCEDD adopts and develops the UAP principles, in order to [...]
The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities works to promote the rights, quality of life and opportunities of people with learning disabilities and their families.
It does this by working with people with learning disabilities, their families and the people who support them.
It carries out research, promotes the rights of people with learning [...]