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| Acts of the Oireachtas |
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This site gives access to Irish Government legislation - Acts |
Legislation |
| Alzheimer's Disease International |
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Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) is an umbrella group of 66 Alzheimer associations throughout the world. Each of the members is the national Alzheimer association in their country who support people with dementia and their families. ADI produces a range of publications - a newsletter, factsheets, booklets and a video for primary care doctors about dementia. Many of the publications can be downloaded free. |
Alzheimer's Disease |
| Angelman Syndrome Foundation |
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ASF's Mission is to advance the awareness and treatment of Angelman Syndrome through education, information exchange and research. |
Angelman Syndrome |
| Ann Craft Trust |
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ACT is a UK association working with staff in the statutory, independent and voluntary sectors in the interests of people with learning disabilities who may be at risk from abuse. |
Abuse |
| Asperger Syndrome Support Group |
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The goal of the Asperger Syndrome Support Group (ASSG) is to support the parents and families of persons with Asperger's Syndrome and High Functioning Autism. To achieve this goal the following objectives shall be pursued.
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Asperger's Syndrome |
| Autism Ireland |
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This site provides news and information about the organisation's branches around the country. |
Autism |
| British Institute for Learning Disabilities |
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This website includes membership info, publications, reading lists and notices of special projects. Factsheets provide answers to commonly asked questions for people with learning disabilities and their supporters. It has excellent links page to other disability organisations. |
National electronic |
| British Library Catalogue |
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Provides access to the library catalogue of British Library |
Libraries |
| Centre for Evidence Based Social Services (CEBSS) |
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The Centre for Evidence-Based Social Services is a partnership between the UK Department of Health, a consortium of Social Services Departments in the South West of England and the University of Exeter. Their main aim is to ensure that decisions taken at all levels in Social Services are informed by trends from good-quality research. Also provides advice and guidance on evidence-based social care, as well as links to relevant organisations, resources and publications. |
Evidence-Based Medicine |
| Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine - Oxford |
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Tthe Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. was established in Oxford as the first of several centres around the UK whose broad aim is to promote evidence-based health care and provide support and resources to anyone who wants to make use of them. |
Evidence-Based Medicine |
| Comhairle |
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Comhairle is the national agency responsible for supporting the provision of information, advice and advocacy on social services to ensure this access. It comes within the remit of the Dept of Social & Family Affairs. It supports the provision of information to the public through the nationwide network of Citizens Information Centres, the Citizens Information Call Centre and and through the OASIS and Citizens Information Databases. The agency has a statutory commitment to assist and support people, particularly those with disabilities, in identifying and understanding their needs and options and in accessing their entitlements to social and civil services. |
Irish links |
| Community Living (UK) |
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Independent quarterly Journal. The website includes an online learning disability discussion forum, in cooperation with Learning Disabilities UK. |
Community Living |
| Concord Film and Video Council |
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Concord Film and Video Council have a range of videos in the areas of mental health, counselling, therapy, education, women's issues, etc. |
Psychiatry/Mental Health |
| Contact a Family(UK) |
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An invaluable source of information for families who care for children with any disability or special need. Contains the complete CaF Directory listing over 1000 rare syndromes. |
Families |
| Dept of Health & Children |
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This site provides access to the Department of Health and Children, including an extensive list of electronic publications - government legislation, reports, etc. |
Irish links |
| Disability Federation of Ireland |
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Disability Federation of Ireland represents the needs of disability organisations and those they represent. It offers support and services to disability organisations at a national and regional level as well as advice, guidance and information on a variety of issues. |
Disability - General |
| Disability Solutions |
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Disability Solutions is the free publication of The Enoch-Gelbard Foundation. It's mission is: "To provide in a widely accessible manner, free of charge, information that is useful, sensitive, and current to everyone concerned with developmental disabilities: parents, families, self-advocates, and professionals." |
Disability - General |
| Disability View/Disabity Now |
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The web site of two online magazines. Covers news and feature articles, profiles classified ad etc. An archive of back issues is included. |
Disability - General |
| Disability World |
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Disability World is a new web-zine (internet magazine) dedicated to advancing an exchange of information and research about the international independent living movement of people with disabilities. |
Disability - General |
| Down Syndrome Ireland |
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This Irish website contains lists of resources and contact groups. It has a diary of upcoming events. |
Down's Syndrome |
| Down Syndrome Research & Practice Library (UK) |
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This web site contains archives of articles, books and papers about issues relevant to Down syndrome. |
Down's Syndrome |
| Downs Syndrome Association (UK) |
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Extensive website with information for families and professionals, a dedicated page is offered to new parents. Covers information, literature, news medical research etc. |
Down's Syndrome |
| Drugs Awareness Programme |
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This new interactive drug awareness website is aimed at young people, families, parents and professionals who can help in drug prevention and provides relevant, up-to-date, evidence-based information online. |
Drugs |
| Enable Ireland (IRL) |
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Enable Ireland is the country's largest provider of services for people with physical disabilities and their families. They provide services for approximately 2,200 children and 200 adults.
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Disability - General |
| Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Project |
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The purpose of this project is to examine the clinical EBM models and assess their effectiveness to the public health literature. The project will also identify any existing evidence-based projects in public health and assess their effectiveness. The outcomes of the project will be: An Evidence-based Public Health website; An electronic publication or database based on the preferred models(s); A training program for public health practitioners introducing them to evidence-based public health practice and literature retrieval methods. |
Evidence-Based Medicine |
| Family Village (US) |
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One of the longest-established websites for families. This website encompasses information on specific diagnoses, health, education, adaptive products, books and technology. |
Families |
| Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit |
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome research unit, headed by Dr. Ann Streissguth, University of Washington. Website includes current FAS events calendar, FAS resources and parent support groups around the world, and the unit's findings. They will send out information packets upon request, to any where in the world. |
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
| Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities |
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This website contains information on the Foundation's research and projects including the GOLD programme(Growing Older with Learning Disabilities) |
National electronic |
| FreeMedicalJournals.com |
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The Free Medical Journals Site is dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical journals over the Internet. |
Journals Online |
| Frontline (IRL) |
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This site include the contents pages of current and recent issues, two selected articles from each issue, and a list of some of the major topics covered in those issues. |
National electronic |
| Health on the Net Foundation |
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HON Foundation is a non-governmental organisation offering to Internet users reliable and trustworthy information through more than 5,000 accredited medical and health web sites according to the HON Code of Conduct (HONcode). It is a portal to medical information on the Internet. |
Health - General |
| Healthfinder |
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This site provides access to hand-picked health information from A to Z — prevention & wellness, diseases & conditions, and alternative medicine — plus medical dictionaries, an encyclopedia, journals, and more. Also, carefully selected health information websites from government agencies, clearinghouses, nonprofits, and universities. |
Health - General |
| IMI Information Centre & Library |
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This website provides access to the the library catalogue of the Irish Management Institute |
Libraries |
| Irish Autism Action |
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Irish Autism Action (IAA) is an organisation of Parents for parents. IAA exists to campaign at a national level for the rights & entitlements of people with Autism. IAA can also help with advice across a wide range of topics. |
Autism |
| Irish Division, Royal College of Psychiatrists |
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The Irish Division represents the membership of over 540 psychiatrists of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It represents the professional interests of all psychiatrists. |
Psychiatry/Mental Health |
| Irish Government |
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Provides links to government departments, state organisations, including electronic access to many government documents. |
Irish links |
| John O'Brien Research |
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This site provides a wide range of informational material on person centred planning, community building and innovative services. |
National electronic |
| Joseph Rowntree Foundation |
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is one of the largest independent social policy research and development charities in the UK. It supports a wide programme of research and development projects in housing, social care and social policy. |
National electronic |
| Landau-Kleffner Syndrome |
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We are a registered Charity based in the U.K. for children with Landau Kleffner Syndrome or closely related disorders, their families and interested professionals. |
Landau-Kleffner Syndrome |
| Medbioworld |
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Medbioworld is the largest medical reference site, including all medical journals and medical associations, and similar resources in the biological sciences. Links include 6,000 medical journals in 80 subspecialties, and the home pages of 4,000 medical associations. Other research tools include medical glossaries, disease databases, clinical trials and guidelines, and medical journals offering full-text articles. |
National electronic |
| Medbioworld |
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MedBioWorld is the largest medical and bioscience information resource and reference site on the Internet. It provides access to medical and bioscience journals, associations, databases and other medical resources, with more than 35,000 active links. |
Health - General |
| MEDLINEplus |
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MEDLINEplus provides excellent information on all areas of health. Included are: Health Topics (over 600 topics on conditions, diseases and wellness), Drug Information, Medical Encyclopedia, Dictionary, plus many more. |
Health - General |
| Medscape |
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Medscape offers free registration and will give you a username and password to access much of the content on their site. You can sign up for alerts in special subject areas, including psychiatry & mental health, public health, nursing, etc.
Some of Medscape's key features include: Original, professional medical content, including review articles, journal commentary, expert columns, patient education articles, book reviews, and more; More than 850 online CME activities; Conference Coverage: Thought leaders summarize key data and presentations from major medical meetings; The Internet's first primary-source medical journal, Medscape General Medicine; Selected daily professional medical news in your specialty from Reuters, Medscape Medical News, and medical news journal publishers; Physician Optimized MEDLINE; Free subscription to Medscape's MedPulse, a weekly email newsletter that highlights what's new in your specialty on Medscape; More than 125 medical journals and textbooks; Business, financial, managed care, and medical practice information; And more . . . |
Health - General |
| MENCAP (UK) |
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The umbrella organization for learning disability in the UK. Info on housing, money, education, jobs, leisure. |
Intellectual Disabilities |
| Mental Health Ireland |
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Mental Health Ireland is a national voluntary organisation which aims to promote positive mental health and to actively support persons with a mental illness, their families and carers by identifying their needs and advocating their rights. Mental Health Ireland is made up of a network of local Mental Health Associations (MHAs) throughout the country who are affiliated to and share the same objectives as the national body. |
Psychiatry/Mental Health |
| NAMHI |
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A national voluntary association working to improve the welfare of people with an intellectual disability. The website is useful as a source of documents, directory of services etc. |
Intellectual Disabilities |
| Nat Inst of Neurological Disorders & Stroke |
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NINDS supports and conducts research, both basic and clinical, on the normal and diseased nervous system, fosters the training of investigators in the basic and clinical neurosciences, and seeks better understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of neurological disorders. |
National electronic |
| National Autistic Society |
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This site includes information about autism and aspergers syndrome and the support services available in the UK. |
Autism |
| National Disability Authority |
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The National Disability Authority (NDA) is an independent agency established under the aegis of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. The website holds government legislation and has a link to the NDA library. |
Disability - General |
| National Electronic Lib for Learning Disability(UK |
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Supported by BILD, this virtual library contains 30,000 records on the BILD database and links to journals. Aims to provide access to the best current knowledge on the development and delivery of services to people with a learning disability. |
National electronic |
| National Federation of Voluntary Bodies(IRL) |
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This site has the has the potential to become a general clearninghouse of information for the Irish learning disability community. Has information on services, resources, research and links to international sites. |
Disability - General |
| National Organisation on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
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NOFAS is a nonprofit organization founded in 1990 dedicated to eliminating birth defects caused by alcohol consumption during pregnancy and improving the quality of life for those individuals and families affected.
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
| Norah Fry Research Centre (UK) |
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This website discusses current projects, publications, news and events. With the aim of making research findings as widely available as possible, it offers free downloads of material. |
National electronic |
| Office for Health Management |
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This site provides a wide range of web links to Irish health service organisations, the Irish public service and to organisations which provide expertise in management and organisation development. |
Irish links |
| Omni |
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OMNI offers free access to a searchable catalogue of Internet sites covering health and medicine. |
National electronic |
| One for Us |
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This website covers a wide range of topics such as health, rights, relationships, money, housing, leisure work and types of advocacy |
Service Users |
| OTseeker |
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OTseeker is a database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy. Trials have been critically appraised and rated to assist you to evaluate their validity and interpretability. These ratings will help you to judge the quality and usefulness of trials for informing clinical interventions. |
Occupational Therapy |
| People First (UK) |
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This website links to "Mediafirst" (media for people with learning difficulties). It is involved in projects around leisure and communication. Provides links to self advocacy groups. |
Service Users |
| Program Development Associates - Training |
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Disability training and multimedia solutions (including video, CD-ROM, DVD) in the area of Disability Awareness, Advocacy, Developmental and Learning Disabilities, and Special Education. Plus Physical Disabilities, Mental Health, Assistive Technology and Vocational Rehabilitation. |
Disability - General |
| PWSA (UK) |
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The PWSA (UK) is a leading organisation in the UK and the Republic of Ireland which addresses the unique needs of people with PWS, their parents, carers, enablers, and professionals from health, education and social services who work with them. |
Prader-Willi Syndrome |
| Retts Syndrome |
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IRSA has disseminated timely, accurate, objective information on Rett syndrome throughout the world to people who need information and resources and to researchers who can make a difference |
Rett Syndrome |
| RNIB Multiple Disability Service(UK) |
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This is the Royal National Institute for the Blind website which contains their focus factsheets for staff working with people with visual and learning disabilities. |
Blindness |
| Royal College of Psychiatrists |
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The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the professional and educational body for psychiatrists in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland whose aims are to:
advance the science and practice of psychiatry and related subjects;
further public education in psychiatry and related subjects;
promote study and research work in psychiatry and all sciences and disciplines connected with the understanding and treatment of mental disorder in all its forms and aspects and related subjects and publish the results of all such study and research. |
Psychiatry/Mental Health |
| SpringerLink |
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SpringerLink is an online database comprised of a growing roster of journals and book series in Science, Technology and Medicine (STM) from Springer-Verlag. To search, e.g. Medicine, Click on "Browse", Select "Online Libraries",
Click on the "Browse" button, Click on "Medicine". Other categories include Computer Science, Life Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Law, etc.
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Journals Online |
| The Efrida Society(UK) |
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Campaigns for new approaches to care, undertakes innovative projects and supports initiatives taken by people with learning difficulties. The website describes a number of its projects, ie Homelink. |
Community Living |
| Tizard Centre (UK) |
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This website outlines the Centres work in the area of learning disability, mental health and older people. |
National electronic |
| Tourette Syndrome Association |
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Its mission is to identify the cause of, find the cure for and control the effects of this disorder. |
Tourette's Syndrome |
| Trinity College Library |
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Provides acess to the extensive library catalogue of Trinity College Dublin |
Libraries |
| USA TechGuide |
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Targeting assistive technology on the Web. Wheelchair and cushion reviews, technology related information and articles, and technology sources. |
Disability - General |
| Valuing People (UK) |
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The UK white paper "Valuing People" proposing a programme of actoin to improve services. This document is available on this website. |
Intellectual Disabilities |
| Williams Syndrome |
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The Williams Syndrome Foundation (WSF) seeks to create or enhance opportunities in education, housing, employment and recreation for people who have Williams Syndrome and other related or similar conditions. |
Williams Syndrome |
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