In partnership with Contact a Family and the Royal National Institute for Blind People (RNIB), Citizens Advice is currently seeking information about the experiences of disabled people and their carers who have had financial difficulties. Read More...

I would like to introduce myself – Sharon Sambrook, Scheme Co-ordinator for the new Face2Face Service (Scope) in Sandwell. Read More...

Jane Stokes and I would like to do an exploratory study with a multilingual family that has child with severe language disabilities. We would like to explore with them how they socialise with their child and how they, siblings and other family members communicate with the child and how they draw on their linguistic resources. We hope that this kind of knowledge would help inform the advice that educational and health practitioners give to multilingual families with children with language disabilities. Read More...

Since Autumn of 2007 the Odeon Cinema, New St, Birmingham has been running a programme of screenings aimed at those with Autism and their support network. Read More...

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have found that parents of children with developmental disabilities, including autism, made fewer antibodies following a vaccination against pneumonia than parents of normally developing children. Read More...

Is your family affected by Cystic Fibrosis or Neurofibromatosis? If so, how is the condition discussed in your family? A committed and experienced team of researchers from the University of Birmingham have been funded to carry out a research study exploring communication within families about genetic conditions and genetic risk information. Read More...