Additional Needs

Here in the additional needs section you will find information to help you if you feel if eithr yourself or your child needs any additional support.

Take a look at some of these web sites that may be able to help you.

This website is a central resources of information for Deaf parents and professionals working with Deaf parents.

Disabled Parents Network (DPN) is a national organisation of and for disabled people who are parents or who hope to become parents, and their families, friends and supporters.

• www.epilepsy.org.uk/

Epilepsy Action is the largest member-led epilepsy organisation in Britain, acting as the voice for the UK's estimated 456,000 people with epilepsy, as well as their friends, families, carers, health professionals and the many other people on whose lives the condition has an impact.

• www.nas.org.uk

We champion the rights and interests of all people with autism and aim to provide individuals with autism and their families with help, support and services that they can access, trust and rely upon and which can make a positive difference to their lives.

Our website includes information about autism and Asperger syndrome, the NAS and its services and activities.

Whizz-Kidz

Whizz-Kidz is a charity that is all about giving disabled children the chance to lead a more independent life. Our service meets their individual mobility needs and ensures they get the right mobility equipment, advice and training at the right time.

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Blaenau Gwent Disability Index

The Children’s Act 1989 requires each Local Authority to collect information about children and young people with additional needs or a disability.

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Barnardo's

Provides a range of services for disabled children and young people in Blaenau Gwent. Working towards inclusion of disabled children and young people by ensuring that they access good quality support services and by influencing other individuals, organisations and processes.

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Benefit Enquiry Line

advice and information for disabled people and carers on the range of benefits available

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The Dyscovery Centre

The Dyscovery Centre
Allt-Yr-Yn Campus, University Of Wales, Newport, NP20 5DA
01633 432330

The team helps individuals with living and learning difficulties, such as Developmental Co-ordination Disorder, Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Asperger's Syndrome.

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