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A selection of online resources you may find useful
Useful Websites
AbleOTUK
AbleOTUK is a UK-based Occupational Therapy Network and Advocacy Group for practitioners, students, researchers, and educators with disabilities, long-term health conditions, and/or who are neurodivergent.
Access All
A podcast from the BBC that reflects the lives and experiences of disabled people. It has articles, blogs, and information and support
BAMEOTUK
A diverse community of occupational therapy staff, students & educators of Black, Asian and minoritised heritages based in the UK. They have come together as a space of community, safety, support and learning.
Black Women's Health & Wellbeing Research network
Promoting the health and wellbeing of black women through research and knowledge exchange.
Chartered Society of Physiotherapists diversity networks
The CSP’s diversity networks are open to all CSP members – including students and associates – who identify as belonging to one or more of the network groups. Membership is on the basis of self-identification and is confidential.
Fingertips
Fingertips is a large public health data collection. Data is organised into themed profiles. Start by choosing a profile from the list.
Healthtalk.org
Thousands of people have shared their experiences on film to help you understand what it's like to have a health condition such as breast cancer or arthritis. Find out more through the search bar, or the list of health conditions on the A-Z menu.
LGBT Health and Wellbeing
A Scottish charity working to promote the health, wellbeing and equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT+) adults (16+). Includes archived research and reports.
LGBTQIA+OTUK
A network for anyone in the Occupational Therapy community who wants to connect, share, learn about and celebrate all things LGBTQIA+.
National Ambulance BME Forum
The National Ambulance Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) forum's purpose is to bring together all NHS Ambulance Service BME staff networks, as well as providing an overarching support body with aim of promoting and raising the profile of race equality across the Ambulance sector.
National Ambulance Disability Network
A national platform to ensure the voices of disabled staff across the sector are being heard.
National Ambulance LGBT+ Network Forum
A partnership of UK Ambulance Services supporting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans staff, patients and communities
NIHR Evidence
NIHR Evidence offers plain language summaries of health and care research that’s funded by the NIHR
Sage Research Methods
Sage Research Methods supports research at all levels by providing material to guide users through every step of the research process.
The Disability Archive
Provides disabled people, students and scholars with an interest in this and related fields, access to the writings of those disability activists, writers and allies whose work may no longer be easily accessible in the public domain.