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The 'Contact a Family Directory - The essential guide to medical conditions, disabilities and support' contains patient friendly information for children and adults with disabilities, serious health conditions and rare disorders. The Contact a Family Directory is available in two different formats – paperback and online.

Special offer – save £21

Buy the paperback version of the Directory now for £40 (inc p&p) and receive a free copy of the Disability Rights Handbook.

The Disability Rights Handbook (rrp £21), published by Disability Alliance, is a comprehensive guide to benefits, tax credits and services for people with a disability or health condition.

The paperback version of the Contact a Family Directory is updated and published every year. The 2008 edition was published in April 2008.

• Download order form and flyer
• Order the Directory from our shop
• Terms and conditions

Online version

The online version of The Contact a Family Directory is updated regularly throughout the year.

Access to families
Access to the website version is free of charge for families. Families can view a maximum of five different conditions per six month period. Families who need to access more than five condition entries should contact our helpline.

Unlimited access for professionals
For unlimited access to the online version of the Directory there is a subscription fee.

An annual subscription to the online version of the Contact a Family Directory costs £15 + VAT per user.

• Order access to the online version of the Directory from our shop

Please note
A 'User' is restricted to the last PC they logged on from: you cannot log on from elsewhere without your account being manually reset by Contact a Family.

What is involved/How do you record how many visits I have made?
The system we use to manage subscription and accesses utilises a secure database and cookies.

The database stores your subscribed username - typically an e-mail address - as well as what type of subscription you have and the expiry date of your subscription. The database is secured and only authorised staff members can access it. Your contact information (which we do not pass to anyone else) is not stored on our web server for security reasons but at our offices.

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