The following links and contacts are for some of the conditions that SNIP most commonly deals with. For more information about any of these conditions, or any that is not listed here, or for information on support groups in your local area, please contact SNIP directly.

Arthritis (juvenile idiopathic)  

Arthritis Care.  www.arthritiscare.org.uk

Children's Chronic Arthritis Association.  www.ccaa.org.uk

The Lady Hoare Trust (note : merged with Contact a Family in 2004).  www.cafamily.org.uk/lht.html

Asthma

The National Asthma Campaign.  www.asthma.org.uk

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

ADD/ADHD Family Support Group UK.  

ADDERS.  www.adders.org

Children & Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.  www.chadd.org

National Attention Deficit Disorder Association.  www.add.org

Autistic Spectrum Disorders (including Asperger Syndrome)

National Autistic Society.  www.nas.org.uk

Scottish Society for Autism.  www.autism-in-scotland.org.uk

Brain Tumours

Brain Tumour Action.  www.braintumouraction.org.uk

Cancer and Leukaemia

Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood.  www.clic.uk.com

Children's Cancer Web.  www.cancerindex.org/ccw/

Cancer Resource. www.cancerresource.co.uk/childrens.htm

Children With Leukaemia .  www.leukaemia.org

Leukaemia Busters.  www.leukaemiabusters.org.uk/

Cerebral Palsy

Scope.  www.scope.org.uk

Capability Scotland.  www.capability-scotland.org.uk

Chromosome Disorders

Unique.  www.rarechromo.org

Cleft lip / palate

Clapa.  www.clapa.com

Club foot / Talipes

Children with Talipes.  www.clubfoot.co.uk

Clubfoot Net.  www.clubfoot.net

Steps.  www.steps-charity.org.uk

Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic Fibrosis Trust.  www.cftrust.org.uk

Deafblind

Sense Scotland.  www.sensescotland.org.uk

Deafness

National Deaf Children's Society.  www.ndcs.org.uk

Diabetes mellitus

Diabetes UK.  www.diabetes.org.uk

Down's Syndrome

Down's Syndrome Association.  www.downs-syndrome.org.uk

Down's Syndrome Scotland.  www.sdsa.org.uk

Down's Heart Group.  www.dhg.org.uk

Mosaic Down's Syndrome.  www.mosaicdownsyndrome.org

Dyslexia

British Dyslexia Association.  (England & Wales only).  www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk

Dyslexia Institute.  www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk

Lothian & Borders Dyslexia Association.  http://mysite.freeserve.com/dyslexiainlothians

Scottish Dyslexia Association.  www.dyslexia.scotland.dial.pipex.com

Dyspraxia

Dyspraxia Foundation.  www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk

Eczema

National Eczema Society.  www.eczema.org

Talkeczema.  www.talkeczema.com

Epilepsy

British Epilepsy Association.  www.epilepsy.org.uk

Enlighten Action for Epilepsy.  www.enlighten.org.uk

Epilepsy Association of Scotland.  www.epilepsyscotland.org.uk

National Society for Epilepsy.  www.epilepsynse.org.uk

Facial Disfigurement

Changing Faces.  www.changingfaces.co.uk

Fragile X Syndrome

Fragile X Society.  www.fragilex.org.uk

Head Injuries

Children's Head Injury Trust.  www.cbituk.org

Headway.  www.headway.org.uk

Heart Disorders

Association for Children with Heart Disorders.  www.heartchild.info

Children's Heart Federation.  www.childrens-heart-fed.org.uk

Children's Heart Unit Fund.  www.chuf.org.uk

Heart Link.  www.heartlink-glenfield.org.uk

Left Heart Matters.  www.lhm.org.uk

Young at Heart.  www.youngatheart.org.uk

HIV/AIDS

Children With AIDS Charity.  www.cwac.org

Incontinence

Enuresis Resource and Information Centre.  www.eric.org.uk

Learning Disability

The Action Group.  www.actiongroup.org.uk

Family Advice Information Resource (FAIR).  

Enable.  www.enable.org.uk

Mencap.  www.mencap.org.uk

Meldi : Minority Ethnic Learning Disability Initiative.  www.meldi.org

Life Threatening or Terminal Conditions

Association for Children with Life Threatening or Terminal Conditions and their families .  www.act.org.uk

REACT : Rapid, Effective, Assistance for Children with Potentially Terminal Illness.  www.reactcharity.org

Meningitis

National Meningitis Trust. www.meningitis-trust.org.uk

Meningitis Research Foundation. www.meningitis.org

Mental Health

Young Minds.  www.youngminds.org.uk

Metabolic Diseases

Climb.  www.climb.org.uk

Muscular Dystrophy

Muscular Dystrophy Campaign.  www.muscular-dystrophy.org

Prematurity

Bliss.  www.bliss.org.uk

Speech and Language Disorders

Afasic.  www.afasic.org.uk

I-Can.  www.ican.org.uk

Spina Bifida

Scottish Spina Bifida Association.

Undiagnosed Children

Syndromes Without A Name.  www.undiagnosed.org.uk

Visual Impairment

Look UK.  www.look-uk.org

Royal National Institute for the Blind.  www.rnib.org.uk

Visual Impairment Scotland. www.viscotland.org.uk

links verified 7 May 2008

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