OCIS gives information about childcare, early
education, family support, resources for disabled children,
other services for children and young people, play and children
and young people's activities.
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Oxfordshire Services
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A
guide to services, organisations and activities for children and
their families. A directory for activities, childcare and
funding for activities.
www.oxfordshireservicesdirectory.org.uk
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Social Care
Institute for Excellence
The
Social Care Institute for Excellence
has an extremely useful website, with lots of resources,
including the
personalisation of care and support services for people on
the autistic spectrum.
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Healthtalkonline
Visit
healthtalkonline which explores the experiences of adults and
parents of children on the autism spectrum. The aim is to
help parents find out about matters such as
getting a diagnosis for their children, dealing with health
professionals, education, going out, puberty, transition to adulthood
and so on. The site features over 300 video clips of people talking
about their own experiences as well as information about autism spectrum
disorders. There is also a
website for
young people too.
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Carers UK
An
organisation of carers set up to improve carers' lives, which
provides information and advice to carers about their rights and
how to get support and services, as well as campaigning for
better financial, practical and emotional support for carers. It
provides advice on benefits and tax credits, carers' employment
rights etc.
Freephone CarersLine (staffed by experts Weds & Thurs 10am to
noon and 2-4pm) 0808 8087777
www.carersuk.org
has lots
of useful information as well as an online discussion forum
where carers share information and practical tips, and support
one another. Click
here for a Carers Rights Guide.
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Carer Direct
Carer Direct is available through the
helpline 0808 802 02 02 (Lines
are open 8am to 9pm Monday to Friday, 11am to 4pm at weekends),
via the web
http://www.nhs.uk/carersdirect/Pages/CarersDirectHome.aspx,
and on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/NHSChoices#!/CarersDirect)
and Twitter (http://twitter.com/carersdirect)
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Oxfordshire
Crossroads (Caring for Carers)
Assists people with a variety of care needs to remain at home as
independently as possible. For more information, visit the
website
www.oxfordshirecrossroads.org.uk.
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Face 2 Face
A
national organisation providing emotional support to parents
whose children have a special need or disability. Local schemes
recruit and train volunteer parents, who themselves have
disabled children, to act as “befrienders”. Befrienders are able
to share and empathise with new parents because of their own
emotional experiences, and support them, to make possible
adjustments to their child’s disability. For more information
about the service contact
www.face2facenetwork.org.uk or telephone 0844 900 9189
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The
Bankers Benevolent Fund
The Bankers Benevolent Fund is providing a
series of benefits for families of people with autism who have
worked in the banking industry. This scheme is called 'investing
in brighter futures' and includes life membership to the NAS, a
valuable benefit in itself. So if you have ever worked in the
banking industry and have a dependent with autism, find out more
by calling Gemma Harding on 0207 9033587 or e-mail
investinginbrighterfutures@nas.org.uk.
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Brookdale Care
Brookdale Care are autism specialists providing services for
adults with autism and Aspergers Syndrome with care homes and
the UK's first purpose built autism hospital.
Specialist staff help the residents develop social and
communication skills to enable more independent living. Visit
www.brookdalecare.co.uk
for more information.
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Kingwood
Kingwood helps people with autism
and Asperger's to live the lives they choose. A team of
professionals assists with the development of skills necessary
for day-to-day living, and encourages people to become involved
in a broad range of interests according to their individual
preferences, including the opportunity to work. Visit
www.kingwood.org.uk for
more information.
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NetBuddy
If you are caring for someone
with a learning disability, this website is a useful source of
tips from other parents, teachers and therapist - people who
have everyday experience. You can also share your tips and
Eureka! moments. For more information, visit
http://www.netbuddy.org.uk/.
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Support with Confidence
Support with Confidence is a new scheme from
Trading Standards and Oxfordshire County Council to give you peace of mind when
you employ a Personal Assistant to help with social care. Click
here for information on employing a
Personal Assistant. If you are interested in becoming a Personal
Assistant, click
here for
information.
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Legal
Action Group
Legal Action
Group, with support from the Council for Disabled Children,
has launched a new book Disabled Children: A Legal Handbook
which is downloadable from the Council for Disabled Children's
website
here.
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Home Education
Days
If you are interested in Home Education,
Thomley Hall
has run a Home Education Day. Click
here
for more information on the day and how to get in touch with Thomley
Hall.
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For details of regular activities, please visit
our Regular Events page.
For details of courses and conferences, please visit our
News and
Forthcoming Events pages.
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NOT MEAN A RECOMMENDATION BY OASIS.
