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edited 14 August 2009 at 3:25AM in Disability money matters
I thought it would be good to have a list of disability forums? I personally didn't find one until some time after becoming disabled and the forums have helped me no end.


General Disability Forums
www.uhad2bthere.co.uk (website and forum) www.uhad2bthere.co.uk/swap-it/
https://www.mobilityfriends.co.uk
http://happyjackforum.co.uk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch (click message boards for forum)
http://www.ablemagazine.co.uk/
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk
www.disabled-entrepreneurs.net (for setting up yur own business)
www.bbact.org.uk (This is the Blind Business Association)

Specific Conditions Support Forums
Asperger and ASD http://www.asd-forum.org.uk/forum/index.php? and http://www.wrongplanet.net/forums.html
Autistic Spectrum Disorders (Children) www.jelibean.com/
Arthritis www.arthritiscare.org.uk
The Bipolar Organisation (MDF) http://www.mdf.org.uk/
Birmingham Focus on Blindness www.birminghamfocus.org.uk
Cancer (MacMillan) http://share.macmillan.org.uk/Share/Forums/?category=49
cerabal palsey and hemi-plegua (children) www.hemihelp.org.uk
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome/Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy http://www.fightingrsd.com
Deafness http://www.rnid.org.uk/ http://www.tuneouttinnitus.org.uk/ http://www.rnid-typetalk.org.uk/
Diabetes http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-forum/viewforum.php?f=12
Fibromyalgia http://www.fibromyalgia-support.org/forum/index.php
International Glaucoma Association www.iga.org.uk
Lupus http://www.lupus.org.uk/
Marfan Association http://www.marfan-association.org.uk/
M.E. www.ayme.org.uk <-Association of Young People with M.E. http://www.afme.org.uk/ Brainfog http://www.brainfog.org/phpBB2/index .Foggy Friends http://www.foggyfriends.org/forum/ adults only forum - http://www.islandoffog.org/forum/index.php
Mental Health www.mind.org.uk www.mentalhealth-world.org.uk www.rethink.org
Motor Neurone Disease www.mnda.co.uk
MS Society www.mssociety.co.uk
Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre's Message Boards at http://msrcsharing.yuku.com/
Muscular Dystrophy www.muscular-dystrophy.org and www.actionduchenne.org (duchenne being the most common and severe type of MD)
Ostomyland http://ostomyland.com/mainsite/ Forum and information for people with ostomies
The pituitary foundation. http://www.pituitary.org.uk/
Raynauds Disease http://www.raynauds.org/
Renal:- http://www.britishrenal.org/
http://www.thetransplanttrust.org.uk/
http://www.kidneypatientguide.org.uk/site/contents.php
http://www.kidneyresearchuk.org/
http://www.livelifethengivelife.co.uk/index.php
http://www.kidney.org/patients/
http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/
http://www.britishkidney-pa.co.uk/
http://www.transplantsupportnetwork.org.uk/about.htm
http://www.transplantbuddies.org/
RNIB http://www.rnib.org.uk/messageboard/
Spinal Injuries http://www.spinal.co.uk/e-00.aspx includes weekly chat and helpline
Syncope Trust and reflex Anoxic Seizures www.stars.org.uk
Uvetis www.uveitis.net

Other Useful Links
Cerebra. http://www.cerebra.org.uk/ and http://www.specialkidsintheuk.org/ (see post #25)
East ussex Disability Forum www.esda.org.uk
Employment Advice http://www.opportunities.org.uk/ and http://www.shaw-trust.org.uk/page/5/
Benefits http://www.dwp.gov.uk/
The Spoon Theory (see post #28) http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/
Information on disabled access etc http://www.directenquiries.com
I'm sure there's loads more...
If my typing is pants or I seem partcuarly blunt, please excuse me, it physically hurts to type. :wall: If I seem a bit random and don't make a lot of sense, it may have something to do with the voice recognition software that I'm using!
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