Links to other sites
The web pages linked to on this page are not under the control of Middlesbrough Mencap. The links are provided for your convenience, but we cannot be held liable for their content. If you have any concerns over the policies of the providers of those pages, you should check for a policy document on their site.
Links re-checked 12 March 2008
- Other Mencap sites
- Mencap's National Website
- and a shortcut to their list of Local Society sites
- Harrogate Gateway Disability Football Club
www.disabilityfootball.co.uk - Nottingham Mencap
- Redbridge Mencap
- UK Down's Syndrome Association Lots of useful info
- Values Into Action VIA is the national (UK) organisation campaigning with people who have learning difficulties (sometimes called learning disabilities, mental handicap, or developmental disabilities) to secure their rights, good services, and citizenship..
- Commission for Social Care Inspection – www.csci.org.ukGet easy to read information, with pictures and sound, about how to choose the right social care for you.
- Rights4Me a Children's website from the CSCI
- Norah Fry Research Centre, Bristol University has links to many sites for people with learning difficulties
- Down's Heart Group A charity offering support and information related to cardiac conditions associated with Down's Syndrome.
- Some American sites: Please note Learning Disability has a
different meaning
in the US.
- The Arc of the United States The National HQ of an American organisation similar to Mencap - has some very interesting articles on the causes of "mental retardation" and links to local organisations such as
- National Down Syndrome Society
- Mile High Down Syndrome Association In Denver, Colorado you're a mile high without leaving the ground
- American Association on Mental Retardation US organisation for professionals in this field
- INCLUSION INTERNATIONAL
(Formely International League of Societies for Persons with Mental Handicap
(ILSMH)
- Some Local links
- Middlesbrough Borough Council - the official local government site
- Teesside Online has lots of info about the area
- CommuniGate North East Voluntary Organisations in the North East of England
If you find any dead links, or would like a link to your site, please tell us
