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6.3 Local Contacts

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  1. ACE (Advisory Centre for Education)
  2. Afasic (Association for all Speech Impaired Young People)
  3. Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
  4. British Institute for Brain Injured Children
  5. British Institute of Learning Disabilities
  6. CLAPA (Cleft Lip and Palate Association)
  7. Downs Syndrome Association
  8. Dyspraxia Manchester
  9. IPSEA - Independent Panel for Special Education Advice
  10. KIDS West Midlands (Formally HAPA) Advice on Play for Disabled Young
  11. Mencap
  12. National Association for Special Educational Needs
  13. National Children's Bureau (Council for Disabled Young People)
  14. National Portage Association
  15. Royal National Institute of the Blind
  16. Royal National Institution for Deaf People
  17. Scope - for Disabled People Achieving Equality
  18. SENCO
  19. SENSE - for Deafblind People
  20. The British Dyslexia Association
  21. The National Deaf Children's Society
  22. The National Society for Epilepsy
  23. United Kingdom's Disabled People's Council (UKDPC)

ACE (Advisory Centre for Education)
1c Aberdeen Studios,
22 Highbury Grove,
London N5 2DQ

Telephone: 020 7704 3370 (Admin only).
Fax: 020 7354 9069.

(Monday-Friday 9.30am-5.30pm):
020 7354 8318 or 020 7704 3370

General Advice Line (Monday-Friday 2-5pm):

FREEPHONE 0808 800 5793
enquiries@ace.dialnet.com

Afasic (Association for all Speech Impaired Young People)

2nd Floor
50-52 Great Sutton Street
London EC1V 0DJ

Tel: (administration) 020 7490 9410
Fax: 020 7251 2834
Email: info@afasic.org.uk

The Afasic helpline - 0845 3 55 55 77 (local call rate)

CYMRU TEAM

Cardiff Office

Clare Moyle, Director
Jeannette Carr, Administrator

Tel: 029 2046 5854
Fax: 02920 465861
Email:Clareafasic@aol.com
jeannetteafasic@aol.com

Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus

National office:

42 Park Road
Peterborough
PE1 2UQ

Tel: (01733) 555988
Fax: (01733) 555985
Email : info@asbah.org

Wales:

4 Llys y Fedwen
Parc Menai
Bangor
Gwynedd LL57 4BL

Tel: 01248 67 1345
Fax: 01248 67 9141
Email: elini@asbah.org

British Institute for Brain Injured Children

Knowle Hall,
Bridgwater,
Somerset,
TA7 8PJ

Tel: 01278 684060
Fax: 01278 685573

BIBIC website

British Institute of Learning Disabilities

Green Street,
Kidderminster,
Worcestershire,
DY10 1JL,

Tel: 01562 723010

BILD website

CLAPA (Cleft Lip and Palate Association)

First Floor
Green Man Tower
332B Goswell Road
London
EC1V 7LQ

Tel: 020 7833 4883
Fax: 020 7833 5999
e-mail: info@clapa.com

Downs Syndrome Association

Langdon Down Centre
2a Langdon Park
Teddington
TW11 9PS

Tel: 0845 230 0372
Fax: 0845 230 0373
Email: info@downs-syndrome.org.uk

Dyspraxia Manchester

8 West Alley
Hitchin
Hertfordshire
SG5 1EG
United Kingdom

Dyspraxia Foundation website

IPSEA - Independent Panel for Special Education Advice

6 Carlow Mews
Woodbridge
Suffolk IP12 1EA

General enquiries: 01394 380518
Advice line: 0800 0184016

(Monday-Thursday 10 - 4 and 7-9)
(Friday 10-1 and 7-9)

During school holidays times are reduced.
Consists of independent experts who give advice to carers/social workers who are uncertain about, or disagree with, the local education authority's interpretation of their young person's special educational needs.

IPSEA website

KIDS West Midlands (Formally HAPA) Advice on Play for Disabled Young

249 Birmingham Road
Wylde Green
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B72 1EA

Tel: 0121 355 2707
Fax: 0121 335 4520
Email: enquiries@kids-westmidlands.org.uk

Mencap

123 Golden Lane
London
EC1Y 0RT

Tel: 020 7454 0454
Fax: 020 7696 5540
Email: information@mencap.org.uk

Training and support for families with disabled Young People and associated Professionals

National Association for Special Educational Needs

4 Amber Business Village
Amber Close,
Tamworth,
B77 4RP

Tel: 01827 311500

NASEN website

National Children's Bureau (Council for Disabled Young People)

8 Wakley Street
London
EC1V 7QE

Telephone: 20 7843 6000
Fax: +44 (0)20 7278 9512

National Children's Bureau website

National Portage Association

Po Box 3075,
Yeovil,
BA21 3FB

Tel: 01935 471641

National Portage Association website

Royal National Institute of the Blind

105 Judd Street
London
WC1H 9NE

Tel: 020 7388 1266
Fax: 020 7388 2034
helpline@rnib.org.uk

Royal National Institution for Deaf People

RNID Information Line

19-23 Featherstone Street
London
EC1Y 8SL.

Tel: 0808 808 0123.
Textphone: 0808 808 9000.
Fax: 020 7296 8199.
E-mail: informationline@rnid.org.uk

RNID Cymru

Tudor House,
16 Cathedral Road,
Cardiff
CF11 9LJ.

Tel: 029 2033 3034.
Textphone: 029 2033 3036.
Fax: 029 2033 3035.
E-mail: rnidcymru@rnid.org.uk

Scope - for Disabled People Achieving Equality

6 Market Road,
London
N7 9PW

Tel: 020 7619 7100

Scope website

SENCO

SENCO Staff

Jacky Hall-Stout - England

Susan Evans - Wales

Lead Teachers:

Karon Burke - Kent/South East

Wallace Robinson - West Midlands & Quantum

Carole Guy - East Midlands/Birmingham,

Linda Hagland - Wales,

Rose Montgomery - Anglia

SENSE - for Deafblind People

National deaf/Blind and Rubella Association
11-13 Clifton Terrace
London
N4 3SR

Tel: 0207 272 7774
E-Mail: enquiries@sense.org.uk

Sense website

The British Dyslexia Association

98 London Road
Reading
G1 5AU

Tel: 0118 966 2677
Fax: 0118 935 1927
Email: admin@bda-dyslexia.demon.co.uk

British Dyslexia Association, Get the Best Info website, Hooked on Phonics website

The National Deaf Children's Society

44 Stoke Road
Linslade
Leighton Buzzard LU7 7SP

Tel: 01525 372344

NDCS website

Opening hours: Freephone Line open Monday to Friday 1-5 p.m.

The National Society for Epilepsy

Chesham Lane
Chalfont St Peter
Bucks
SL9 0RJ
UK

Tel: 01494 601300
Helpline: 01494 601400

NSE website

United Kingdom's Disabled People's Council (UKDPC)

National umbrella organisation for groups controlled by disabled people.

Litchurch Plaza
Litchurch Lane
Derby
DE24 8AA

Telephone: 01332 295551
Email: general@bcodp.org.uk

UKDPC website

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