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Disability Rights UK Factsheets
These factsheets provide basic information about benefits, tax credits, social care and other disability related issues for claimants and advisers. They are free to download.

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Alphabetical list of factsheets

access to work
advice
appeals and reconsiderations
appeals - tax credits
appeals - to the upper tribunal against a first tier tribunal decision
attendance allowance
benefits cap
benefits checklist
bereavement benefits
blue badge scheme
care charging
careers and work for disabled people
carer's allowance
child benefit
claiming in work benefits
community care charging
community care direct payments
community care - personal budgets
community care - residential accommodation charging
community and residential care - complaining about assessments or charges
council tax support
direct payments
disabled facilities grants
disabled facilities grants - complaining
disability living allowance
disability living allowance for people with mental health problems
employment and support allowance
finding the law
getting advice
grants for students aged 16 and over in school and further education
guardian's allowance
heating help
help for disabled people from jobcentre plus
hospital benefits
housing benefit
housing grants
housing grants - complaining
how to claim your in work benefits
human rights act
in work benefits - how to claim
income support
jobseeker's allowance
local housing allowance
local support for council tax
locally-administered assistance to replace parts of the social fund
maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
motability scheme
parliamentary bill stages
pension credit
personal budgets
personal independence payment
personalisation
prescription charges/health benefits
residential accommodation charging
right to control
social fund
students - adjustments for disabled students
students - adult learning grants
students - applying for disabled students’ allowances
students - applying to further education
students - applying to higher education 2013/2014
students - careers and work for disabled people
students - education maintenance allowance
students - funding from charitable trusts
students - funding further education for disabled students
students - funding higher education for disabled students (2011/2012)
students - funding higher education for disabled students (2012/2013)
students - grants for students aged 16 and over in school and further education
students - help for disabled people from jobcentre plus
students - into higher education 2013: the higher education guide for disabled people
students - making a complaint
students - personal care at university
students - postgraduate education for disabled students
students - telling people about your disability
students - understanding the equality act: information for disabled students
tax credits - extra money due to disability
tax credits guide
tax credits - if you disagree with your decision
telling people about your disability
universal credit
watersure scheme
work for people who are sick and disabled

Numerical list of factsheets

Factsheet F1 - human rights act
Factsheet F2 - disability living allowance for people with mental health problems
Factsheet F3 - charging for community care
Factsheet F4 - charging for residential accommodation
Factsheet F5 - community care direct payments
Factsheet F6 - complaining about local authority decisions
Factsheet F7 - benefits in hospital
Factsheet F8 - benefits cap
Factsheet F9 - a guide to tax credits
Factsheet F10 - tax credits - extra money due to disability
Factsheet F11 - adjustments for disabled students
Factsheet F12 - pension credit
Factsheet F13 - benefits checklist
Factsheet F14 - prescription charges/health benefits
Factsheet F15 - getting advice
Factsheet F16 - the stages of a parliamentary bill
Factsheet F17 - the motability scheme
Factsheet F18 - applying for disabled students’ allowances
Factsheet F19 - finding the law
Factsheet F20 - applying to further education
Factsheet F21 - applying to higher education 2013/2014
Factsheet F22 - attendance allowance
Factsheet F23 - disability living allowance
Factsheet F24 - careers and work for disabled people
Factsheet F25 - funding from charitable trusts (for students)
Factsheet F26 - funding further education for disabled students
Factsheet F27 - access to work
Factsheet F28 - bereavement benefits
Factsheet F29 - blue badge scheme
Factsheet F30 - carer's allowance
Factsheet F31 - employment and support allowance
Factsheet F32 - funding higher education for disabled students (2011/2012)
Factsheet F33 - funding higher education for disabled students (2012/2013)
Factsheet F34 - if you disagree with your tax credits decision
Factsheet F35 - work for people who are sick and disabled
Factsheet F36 - appeals and reconsiderations
Factsheet F37 - help for disabled people from jobcentre plus
Factsheet F38 - into higher education 2013: the higher education guide for disabled people
Factsheet F39 - appealing to the upper tribunal against a first tier tribunal decision
Factsheet F40 - child benefit and guardian's allowance
Factsheet F41 - the social fund
Factsheet F42 - maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
Factsheet F43 - help with council tax
Factsheet F44 - housing benefit
Factsheet F45 - income support
Factsheet F46 - jobseeker's allowance
Factsheet F47 - making a complaint (for students)
Factsheet F48 - grants for students aged 16 and over in school and further education
Factsheet F49 - housing grants
Factsheet F50 - how to claim your in work benefits
Factsheet F51 - personal care at university
Factsheet F52 - postgraduate education for disabled students
Factsheet F53 - help with heating
Factsheet F54 - telling people about your disability
Factsheet F55 - universal credit
Factsheet F56 - understanding the equality act: information for disabled students
Factsheet F58 - the watersure scheme
Factsheet F59 - personal budgets
Factsheet F60 - personal independence payment

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