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Mobile Phone with a Loud RingTone
Hi, could anybody recommend a decent but cheapish mobile phone with a loud ring tone. This is for my Dad who in his old age is now a little hard of hearing. Any help is appreciated. Regards Chris
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Disability Law Service
Specialises and gives legal advice to disabled and deaf people and their families and carers. Subjects include - Disability Discrimination, Consumer, Community Care, Further & Higher Education, Employment, Welfare Benefits - London only. They now also have a new Multiple Sclerosis Legal Officer Full details at…
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Sporting Venues Accesibility Thread
Some of you may go to football games in the football leauge or non leauge are you getting good treatment ? was hoping us football or sports fans who are disabled that are not getting the services and infrastructure we are entitled to by law we could have a thread to voice these concerns and help eachother out. Im sure you…
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best electricity supplier when you have a disabled child.
i am with southern electricity and after supplying them with all our income details(we are on income support as we are carers)they informed me that we have too much money to have any help.:mad: they even took into account our sons dla,which i though wasnt done. i tried explaining that we needed the heating on all the time…
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The National Trust and visitors with disabilities
The National Trust welcomes visitors with disabilities Entry fees Our admission policy admits the necessary companion of a disabled visitor free of charge. Resources The majority of our properties offer Braille and large print guides. Many properties are also developing sensory information. Information The National Trust…
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Any advice
Hi Any advice would be welcome I live in a council house with my disabled son so just the 2 of us and on benefits as his carer we don't have family , my problem is decorating we have been here 17 years and it needs painting and some new internal doors hanging , I have spoken to the housing and asked as best as I can if I…
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Help with metered water bills
United Utilities (I am sure other water companies have similar schemes) have a water sure scheme for people on low income (be in receipt of certain means tested benefits) and either have 3 or more children or have a condition which means they use more than average water and have a water meter. The details are on:…
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Deaf/HoH Information
I would advise anyone with impaired hearing to look at this list of online-leaflets. They explain your entitlements to many things: http://www.rnid.org.uk/information_resources/factsheets/
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Useful guide for filling in DLA Form
This guide http://www.cerebra.org.uk/parent_support/DLA_guide.htm is designed to help parents fill in the DLA claim form but I guess it would be useful for anybody filling in the claim pack. The guide is downloadable or you can request a paper copy. Cerebra is a great charity for brain injured children and young people,…
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info for families with sp needs children
http://www.familyfund.org.uk/ a very useful site in above link for grants towards most stuff. hope it is of help to anyone relevant for it.
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Any advice
Hi Any advice would be welcome I live in a council house with my disabled son so just the 2 of us and on benefits we don't have family , my problem is decorating we have been here 17 years and it needs painting and some new internal doors hanging , I have spoken to the housing and asked as best as I can if I buy the doors…
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Cordless Telephone with headset
This is the phone I bought that you can use a headset with... http://www.telephonesonline.co.uk/details.asp?prodID=1056&title= The above phone has reasonable sized buttons, has caller display and you can text with it (wish I could remember to use my free texts from BT:o). Has a phone book and is quite simple to use. Some…
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Theatre Royal Newcastle
If you buy a wheelchair space seat, you carer gets a ticket free
