The Government’s website has a huge amount of information for people with disabilities, with a large, easy to use A-Z section: https://www.gov.uk/browse/disabilities
Below is a full list of the links and info available:
Benefits and financial help
A to Z
- Access to Elected Office Fund
- Apply for a Disabled Facilities Grant
- Attendance Allowance
- Become an appointee for someone claiming benefits
- Benefits calculators
- Contact the Disability Service Centre
- Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for adults
- Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for children
- Disability premiums
- Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Financial help if you’re disabled
- Incapacity Benefit
- Independent Living Fund
- Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
- Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
- Reduced Earnings Allowance
- Severe Disablement Allowance
- Vaccine Damage Payment
Disability equipment and transport
A to Z
- Apply for a community alarm
- Apply for a disabled person’s bus pass
- Apply for a needs assessment by social services
- Apply for equipment for your home if you’re disabled
- Apply for or renew a Blue Badge
- Apply for school transport for a child with special educational needs and disabilities
- Change the details on your Blue Badge
- Disabled Facilities Grants
- Find out about community transport services and Shopmobility
- Find out where Blue Badge holders can park
- Garden maintenance for elderly or disabled council tenants
- Get help at work if you’re disabled or have a health condition (Access to Work)
- Help if you’re a student with a learning difficulty, health problem or disability
- Medical conditions, disabilities and driving
- Mobility scooters and powered wheelchairs: the rules
- Passport services if you’re disabled
- Report a lost or stolen Blue Badge
- Transport if you’re disabled
Disability rights
A to Z
- Definition of disability under the Equality Act 2010
- Disability rights
- Discrimination: your rights
- When a mental health condition becomes a disability
Work and disabled people
A to Z
- Blind Person’s Allowance
- Discrimination: your rights
- Get help at work if you’re disabled or have a health condition (Access to Work)
- Looking for work if you’re disabled
- Reasonable adjustments for workers with disabilities or health conditions
- Recruitment and disabled people
- Residential training for disabled adults
- Work Choice
