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The views expressed in these websites and other quoted resources represent those of the authors and are not the views or official policy of The Encephalitis Society and its Professional Panel.

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Department for Work and Pensions

www.dwp.gov.uk

  • A guide to benefits
  • Benefit Rates
  • Caring for someone
  • Help for the social fund
  • Disability living allowance for children

The Disability Alliance

www.disabilityalliance.org

Disability Alliance (DA), publishers of the Disability Rights Handbook, is regarded as the leading authority on social security benefits for disabled people.

You can use this site to find regularly updated information about benefits, tax credits, community care as well as disability related campaigns and parliamentary news.


The Disability Rights Commission

www.drc-gb.org/index.asp

This website is full of useful information for all disabled people and their carers who need to know about the rights of the disabled, for example:-
How do I make a claim? A guide to taking a DDA case to an employment tribunal


Education   

www.dissvcs.uga.edu/whatabi.html

Acquired brain injury (ABI) is the leading killer and cause of disability in children and young adults. More than two million head injuries occur each year. Statistics show that the highest rate of injury occurs in young men between the ages of 15 and 24. As a result, there is an emerging population of students with ABI on the college campus today. Due to the symptoms associated with their brain injuries, the Disability Services (DS) provides academic and support services to these students.


Ask About Medicines

www.askaboutmedicines.org

Health and Medicines Information – Guide and Directory
Focus on your medicines


Department of Health Publications

www.nhs.uk/nhsguide

  • Your Guide to the NHS – includes information about discharge planing
  • How to get help in looking after someone – A carers guide to a carers assessment
  • Are you entitled to help with health costs?

Free copies of these leaflets can be obtained from the website address above


The British Pain Society

www.britishpainsociety.org

"The British Pain Society is the representative body for all professionals involved in the management and understanding of pain in the United Kingdom. The Society aims to achieve the highest possible standards in the management of pain, through education, training and research in all fields of pain and by facilitating the exchange of information and experience."

Understanding and Managing Pain: Information for Patients
This very useful booklet can be obtained from the website


The Patients Association

www.patients-association.com

You and your doctor – how to get the best of your consultation


British Paediatric Surveillance Unit of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

www.bpsu.inopsu.com

The BPSU was established as a facility in July 1986 that enables paediatricians to:

  • participate in the nationwide surveillance of infections and infection-related conditions
  • to promote the study of uncommon childhood disorders
  • to provide a mechanism by which "new" diseases could be detected so that early investigation could take place.