Useful links
Further information on types of communication disability and forms of Alternative and Augmented Communication (AAC) can be found here
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Giving Voice
The Communication Trust
www.thecommunicationtrust.org.uk
Unit 31 Angel Gate
Goswell Road
London
EC1V 2PT
Tel: 0207 843 2526
Communication Matters
www.communicationmatters.org.uk
Leeds Innovation Centre
103 Clarendon Road
Leeds
LS2 9DF
Tel & Fax: 0845 456 8211
Disability Action
Head Office - Belfast
Portside Business Park,
189 Airport Road West, Belfast,
BT3 9ED
Telephone: 028 9029 7880
Textphone: 028 9029 7882
Fax: 028 9029 7881
Email: hq@disabilityaction.org
Mencap
www.mencap.org.uk/northern-ireland
Segal House
4 Annadale Avenue
Belfast BT7 3JH
Telephone: 028 9069 1351
Learning Disability Helpline
Telephone: 0808 808 1111
helpline.ni@mencap.org.uk
Action on Hearing Loss
www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk
Harvester House,
4 - 8 Adelaide Street,
Belfast,
BT2 8GA
Telephone or textphone: 028 9023 9619
Text answerphone: 028 9031 2033
Fax: 028 9031 2032
Email: information.nireland@hearingloss.org.uk
ADD-NI
Children’s Charity, Northern Ireland Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity Disorder
86 Eglantine Avenue,
Belfast,
BT9 6EU
Tel: 02890200110
Fax: 02890200112
Email: hello@addni.net
Alzheimer's Society
Unit 4 Balmoral Business Park
Boucher Crescent
Belfast
BT12 6HU
Tel: 028 9038 7771
Email: nir@alzheimers.org.uk
Autism NI
Donard
Knockbracken Healthcare Park
Saintfield Road
Belfast
BT8 8BH
Tel: 028 9040 1729
Fax: 028 9040 3467
E-Mail: info@autismni.org
British Deaf Association
Email: bda@bda.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7697 4140
SMS / FaceTime: 07795 410 724
ooVoo / Skype: bda.britdeafassoc
Carers Northern Ireland
www.carersuk.org/northernireland
58 Howard Street
Belfast BT1 6JP
t: 02890 439 843
e-mail: advice@carersuk.org
Multiple Sclerosis Society
MS Society Northern Ireland
The Resource Centre
34 Annadale Avenue
Belfast
BT7 3JJ
Tel: 02890 802 802
E-mail - helpline@mssociety.org.uk
National Deaf Children’s Society
Northern Ireland office
38 - 42 Hill Street
Belfast
BT1 2LB
Tel: 028 9031 3170 (v)
Fax: 028 9027 8205
Text: 028 9027 8177 (t)
Email: nioffice@ndcs.org.uk
Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke
Belfast Office
21 Dublin Road
Belfast,
BT2 7HB
Tel: 028 9032 0184
Email: mail@nichs.org.uk
Stroke Association Northern Ireland
Rushmere House
46 Cadogan Park
Belfast
BT9 6HH
Telephone: 028 9050 8020
Fax: 028 9066 0720
Email: northernireland@stroke.org.uk
The British Stammering Association
15 Old Ford Road
London E2 9PJ
General telephone: 020-8983 1003
Fax: 020-8983 3591
Email: mail@stammering.org
The Cedar Foundation, A better future for people with disabilities
Head Office,
Malcolm Sinclair House,
31 Ulsterville Avenue,
Belfast
BT9 7AS
Tel (028) 9066 6188
E-mail: info@cedar-foundation.org