Useful links and documents

Disability charities (please note this is not an exhaustive list):

• Brittle Bone Society
• Coeliac UK (https://www.coeliac.org.uk)
• Cystic Fibrosis Research Trust
• Diabetes UK
• Epilepsy Action
• Headway – National Brain Injuries Association
• Hemihelp (hemiplegia)
• Motor Neurone Disease Association
• Muscular Dystrophy UK
• Epilepsy Society
• Reach – Association for Children with Hand and Arm differences
• Scope
• Shine - Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
• Sickle Cell & Young Stroke Survivors
• Whizzkids (wheel chair users)
• Young Epilepsy

Disability Sport Organisations:

• British Paralympic Association (BPA) - A registered charity responsible for selecting, funding and managing Britain's teams at the Paralympic Games and Paralympic Winter Games. They also operate talent identification days to find the disabled sporting stars of the future.
• World Abilitysport - One of the world’s leading organisations for the development of Para sports. Alongside a membership of more than 80 countries around the world, World Abilitysport is passionate about offering as many competition opportunities as possible for athletes with physical impairments
• Wheelpower (formerly British Wheelchair Sports Foundation) Wheelpower organises and supports wheelchair sports at all levels, putting on events for junior, senior and rehabilitation purposes.
• Boccia UK - Boccia is a sport designed for athletes with severe impairments.
• CP Sport England and Wales - CP Sport promotes and seeks to increase sport and physical recreational opportunities for disabled people, especially those with cerebral palsy.

Useful links:

• Physical Disabilities National Network for professionals in education (PDNet) - Level 1 and Level 2 training, Support with Accessibility Planning and PDNet Standards for schools
• Occupational Therapy – Solihull Children's Community Therapies (uhb.nhs.uk)
• Children’s Community Nursing – Children's Community Services UHB NHS Foundation Trust

Useful contact details:

• SISS Service Sensory and Physical Impairment (SPI) Team: 0121 704 6690
• Physiotherapy, Paediatric (University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust):  Email - paediatric.physiotherapy@nhs.net
• Paediatric Occupational Therapy (University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust: Email - paediatric.occupationaltherapy@nhs.net