Action for Children supports and speaks out for the UK's most vulnerable and neglected children and young people; 'Makes sense of the law and your rights'; its disability services provide support to disabled children and their families.
BBC - Radio 4, You and Yours - Disability: Radio 4's flagship consumer affairs programme has an archive of disability-related programmes, transcripts and recordings.
Care and Health Law provides up-to-date news and information on law policy and practice developments relating to social and health care provision in the UK. Its Care and Health Law database offering free basic information on significance of court cases and the legal framework.
Choice Forum describes itself thus:
"Since 2000, the Choice Forum has been been the place to discuss issues affecting the lives of people with learning disabilities in the UK. You are invited to join the forum, ask questions. share information, and talk about issues that are important. Here you'll find lots of mutual support, experience and lots of knowledge."
If you join the Choice Forum, it offers a range of information on issues relating to learning disability, allows you to participate in forum discussions, and issues regular email bulletins.
The Choice Forum is run by Together 4 Change, in partnership with the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities.
Care Quality Commission: home page of the CQC. Entry point to find inspection reports of local authority services, and registered care providers
Department of Health website (main page): entry point for information on the health and care system
Disability Rights UK was formed in 2012 through a unification of Disability Alliance, Radar and National Centre for Independent Living. Disability Rights UK works to create a society 'where everyone with experience of disability or health conditions can participate equally as full citizens'. Publishes an excellent range of resources, including its annual Disability Rights Handbook.
The King's Fund is an independent charity working to improve health and health care in England; helps to shape policy and practice through research and analysis; promotes understanding of the health and social care system; brings people together to share knowledge and debate; publishes wide range of articles and research papers
Understanding Intellectual Disability and Health is a website intended for health and social care professionals; but also an excellent source of factual information for carers and families - a specific 'Family' section comprises several interesting articles; recognises that many people with intellectual disabilities live at home with their families, and that valuing parents' views and their knowledge of their children is crucial to the effective provision of health care