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title: "Advice for Families with Disabled Children"
url: "https://zouch-academy-nursery.schudio.com/for-parents/advice-for-families-with-disabled-children"
school: "Zouch Academy & Nursery"
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# Advice for Families with Disabled Children

## Advice for Families with Disabled Children

On this page you will find links to helpful information and advice about a variety of disabilities, including deafness, blindness, and learning difficulties.

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### General Information

- [Family Fund](http://www.familyfund.org.uk/)
- [Aiming High: Short Breaks for Disabled Children](https://swindonchildcare.proceduresonline.com/p_short_breaks_prev.html#:~:text=Short%20breaks%20provided%20through%20the,aged%200%2D18th%20birthday%29.)
- [Disability Law Service](http://www.dls.org.uk/)
- [Disability Living Allowance](https://www.gov.uk/disability-living-allowance-children)

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### Disability-specific Links

#### Deafness

- [Hearing Times](http://www.hearingtimes.co.uk/)
- [Advanced Bionics](https://advancedbionics.com/uk/en/home.html)
- [Med-el](http://www.medel.com/user-support/?PHPSESSID=iuegi07dmkkgbd088l4ceehav0&)
- [Cochlear Implants](http://www.ndcs.org.uk/)
- [NCDS Family Sign Language Project](https://www.ndcs.org.uk/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA2oW-BhC2ARIsADSIAWquhFPIrhyvTxlHor4hnnOu7wVjaqeKVQY-dNjj-t8qpnDilO0Y398aAv_BEALw_wcB)
- [DLA](https://www.gov.uk/disability-living-allowance-children)
- [Action on Hearing Loss](https://www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/)
- [Signed Stories](http://www.signedstories.com/)
- [BBC See Hear](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m9cb)
- [GWH Audiology](https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/wards-and-services/audiology/)
- [BSL Dictionary](http://bslsignbank.ucl.ac.uk/)

#### Blindness

- [Royal National Institute of Blind People](https://www.rnib.org.uk/)
- [Blind Children UK](https://www.rsbc.org.uk/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA2oW-BhC2ARIsADSIAWoPHYzMs4TVY_2RlIscmpegnq_-M0N9uJ8PYNRPbgy2Zf064Lhg75kaAqkYEALw_wcB)
- [Guide & Buddy Dogs](http://www.guidedogs.org.uk/services/children-and-young-peoples-services/#.V1_VRbsrKM8)
- [RNIB Financial Support](http://www.rnib.org.uk/information-everyday-living-family-friends-and-carers-resources-parents-blind-or-partially-sighted-0)

#### Physical Disability

- [SCOPE](https://www.scope.org.uk/)
- [Rainbow Trust- Swindon Team](https://rainbowtrust.org.uk/swindon-team)
- [Whiz-Kidz – Children’s Mobility](http://www.whizz-kidz.org.uk/)
- [Swindon Dolphin – Swimming Project for Disabled Children](http://www.swindondolphin.co.uk/?page_id=9698)

#### Learning Disability

- [National Autistic Society](http://www.autism.org.uk/)
- [Down’s Syndrome Association](http://www.downs-syndrome.org.uk/)
- [Mencap](https://www.mencap.org.uk/)

### For Parents

- [Nursery Transition](https://zouch-academy-nursery.schudio.com/for-parents/nursery-transition)
- [Newsletters & Updates](https://zouch-academy-nursery.schudio.com/for-parents/newsletters-updates)
- [Letters & Forms](https://zouch-academy-nursery.schudio.com/for-parents/letters-forms)
- [School Hours & Term Dates](https://zouch-academy-nursery.schudio.com/for-parents/school-hours-term-dates)
- [School Calendar](https://zouch-academy-nursery.schudio.com/calendar)
- [Wrap Around Care](https://zouch-academy-nursery.schudio.com/for-parents/wrap-around-care)
- [School Dinners](https://zouch-academy-nursery.schudio.com/for-parents/school-dinners)
- [School Uniforms](https://zouch-academy-nursery.schudio.com/for-parents/school-uniforms)
- [School Trips](https://zouch-academy-nursery.schudio.com/for-parents/school-trips)
- [Arbor payments](https://zouch-academy-nursery.schudio.com/for-parents/arbor-payments)
- [Advice for Families with Disabled Children](https://zouch-academy-nursery.schudio.com/for-parents/advice-for-families-with-disabled-children)
- [School Readiness ](https://zouch-academy-nursery.schudio.com/for-parents/school-readiness)
- [Family Support Worker](https://zouch-academy-nursery.schudio.com/for-parents/family-support-worker)
- [Young Carers](https://zouch-academy-nursery.schudio.com/for-parents/young-carers)
- [Mental Health & Well-being](https://zouch-academy-nursery.schudio.com/for-parents/mental-health-well-being)

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