--- title: "Advice for Families with Disabled Children" url: "https://grange-jun.swindon.sch.uk/for-parents/advice-for-families/advice-for-familes-with-disabled-children" school: "Grange Junior School" --- # Advice for Families with Disabled Children # Advice for Families with Disabled Children In this section, you will find links to helpful information and advice about a variety of disabilities, including deafness, blindness, and learning difficulties. --- ### General Information - [Family Fund](http://www.familyfund.org.uk/) - [Aiming High: Short Breaks for Disabled Children](http://www.swindon.gov.uk/info/20049/children_and_young_people_with_disabilities/664/short_breaks_for_disabled_children_-_aiming_high) - [Disability Law Service](http://www.dls.org.uk/) - [Disability Living Allowance](https://www.gov.uk/disability-living-allowance-children) --- ### 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](http://www.familysignlanguage.org.uk/mainpage.htm) - [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](http://www.gwh.nhs.uk/wards-and-services/a-to-z/audiology/) - [BSL Dictionary](http://bslsignbank.ucl.ac.uk/) #### Blindness - [Royal National Institute of Blind People](https://www.rnib.org.uk/) - [Blind Children UK](https://councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/members/meet-our-members/blind-children-uk) - [Guide & Buddy Dogs](http://www.guidedogs.org.uk/services/children-and-young-peoples-services/#.V1_VRbsrKM8) - [RNIB Information & Advice](http://www.rnib.org.uk/information-everyday-living-family-friends-and-carers/resources-parents-blind-or-partially-sighted) - [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 - [Newsletters & Updates](https://grange-jun.swindon.sch.uk/for-parents/newsletters-updates) - [Letters & Forms](https://grange-jun.swindon.sch.uk/for-parents/letters-forms) - [School Hours & Term Dates](https://grange-jun.swindon.sch.uk/termdates) - [School Calendar](https://grange-jun.swindon.sch.uk/calendar) - [Home Learning](https://grange-jun.swindon.sch.uk/for-parents/home-learning) - School Life - [School Clubs](https://grange-jun.swindon.sch.uk/for-parents/school-life/school-clubs) - [Wraparound Provision](https://grange-jun.swindon.sch.uk/for-parents/school-life/wraparound-provision) - [Travelling to Grange](https://grange-jun.swindon.sch.uk/for-parents/school-life/travelling-to-grange) - [School Dinners](https://grange-jun.swindon.sch.uk/for-parents/school-life/school-dinners) - [School Uniforms](https://grange-jun.swindon.sch.uk/for-parents/school-life/school-uniforms) - [Friends of Grange Schools](https://grange-jun.swindon.sch.uk/for-parents/school-life/friends-of-grange) - [School Trips](https://grange-jun.swindon.sch.uk/for-parents/school-life/school-trips) - [Arbor App](https://grange-jun.swindon.sch.uk/for-parents/school-life/pupil-asset-parent-portal) - [Arbor payments](https://grange-jun.swindon.sch.uk/for-parents/school-life/arbor-payments) - [Music Peripatetic Lessons](https://grange-jun.swindon.sch.uk/for-parents/school-life/music-peripatetic-lessons) - Advice for Families - [Advice Links for Children](https://grange-jun.swindon.sch.uk/for-parents/advice-for-families/advice-links-for-children) - [Advice for Families with Disabled Children](https://grange-jun.swindon.sch.uk/for-parents/advice-for-families/advice-for-familes-with-disabled-children) - [Raising Concerns](https://grange-jun.swindon.sch.uk/for-parents/advice-for-families/raising-concerns) - [Attendance](https://grange-jun.swindon.sch.uk/about-us/school-information/attendance-and-absence) ![Grange Junior School](https://files.schudio.com/grange-junior-school/images/logo/Image_copy.png) **Grange Junior School** Grange Drive Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4JY Tel: 01793 822405 ### Useful Links - [Privacy Policy](https://thewhitehorsefederation.org.uk/privacy-policy) - [Cookies](https://thewhitehorsefederation.org.uk/cookies) - [GDPR](https://thewhitehorsefederation.org.uk/about-our-trust/gdpr) - [Modern Slavery Statement](https://thewhitehorsefederation.org.uk/modern-slavery-statement) - 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