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Dyslexia
UK sources of information and / or support
British Dyslexia Association
The national organisation for specific learning difficulties consisting of over 120 Local Dyslexia Associations and Support Groups.
British Dyslexics
Aims to help children and teenagers to succeed in both compulsory, further and higher education in the belief that getting extra help should not depend on a parents ability to pay for extra tuition. Makes no charges for any of the services or information provided.
Dyslexia Institute
Includes a network of centres for assessment, teaching and training for overcoming dyslexia across the UK.
Independent Panel for Special Education Advice (IPSEA)
IPSEA offers free and independent advice on Local Education Authorities' legal duties to assess and provide for children with special educational needs. These include children with physical disabilities, sensory impairment, emotional and behavioural difficulties, general and specific learning difficulties (including those arising from specific conditions such as Down's Syndrome, autism and dyslexia).
Listening Books
A charity that provides a postal audio book library to people throughout the UK who have difficulty holding a book, turning a page or reading in the normal way.
Mark College
An independent school with boarding facilities for dyslexic boys aged 11-16.
Hi2u 4 people with hidden impairments.
Website centred around ADHD, Asperger's Syndrome, Dyslexia and similar neurological differences along with any other type of hiddenimpairment. This site is also Browsealoud enabled supporting people withreading difficulties. Designed and built by people with first handexperience of hidden impairments in the UK.
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Some non-UK sites
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- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.
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Arts Dyslexia Trust
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British Dyslexics
DANDA
Dyscovery Centre (learning difficulties support)
Dyslexia Action
Dyslexia Scotland
Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre
Independent Dyslexia Consultants
Listening Books
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Dyslexic in legal action on exams
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Pictures, diagrams, photos, images, etc.Evidence based medicine
Online textbooks and journals
A-Z of UK Guidelines
A-Z of Online Videos
Medline
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ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia & Dyspraxia : British Medical Association's Family Doctor Series
Dyslexia (Gift of)
Dyslexia and Other Learning Difficulties The Facts
Gift of Dyslexia
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