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Organizations

Organizations involved in disability support

Disabilities

• British Dyslexia Association
• Association of Dyslexia Specialists in Higher Education (ADSHE)
• The National Autistic Website
• British Sign Language (BSL)
• Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)

Support

• Disabled Students Allowance (DSA)
• Improving Provision for Disabled Psychology Students (IPDPS)
• Premia   helps in making research education accessible.
• Aimhigher   is a website by Directgov helping you into higher education.
• Social Policy and Social Work Subject Centre (SWAP) produces a series of learning and teaching guides which support learning and teaching in social policy and social work.
• Teachability promotes the creation of an accessible curriculum for students with disabilities through making freely available informative publications for academic staff.
• Uniability represents the interests of diasbled students and improves standards and capabilities of austrian universities and colleges.
• AccessApps provides solutions to support writing, reading and planning as well as sensory, cognitive and physical difficulties.
• Scottish JISC Regional Support Centres
• JISC TechDis
• Forum for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (FELT)
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• Rethink provides support for people affected by severe mental ilness.
• PAPYRUS organization focused on the prevention of young suicide.
• Developers of User and Carer Involvement in Education (DUCIE)

Other Organisations

• The Times Higher Educational Supplement (THES)
• Graduate Qualification Accreditation Committee (GQAC)
• The Health Professions Council (HPC)
• The National Health Service (NHS)
• General Medical Council (GMC)
• General Teaching Council for England (GTC)
• The Department for employment and learning (DELNI)
• Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
• British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
• Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS)
• Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
• Medical Research Council (MRC)
• Universities and Colleges Admission Service codes (UCAS) provides information for students with disabilities.
• The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)
• Mental Health in Higher Education (mhhe)
• The Centre for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Mental Health (CEIMH) at the University of Birmingham.
• Professional Education Public Involvement Network (PEPIN) aims to share information and promote discussion relevant to the inclusion of patient, service user and carer voices in professional education.
• Assessment and Learning in Practice Settings (ALPS) is a centre for excellence in teaching and learning.