HAD is led by, run by, and provides services for disabled people. Our vision is to bring about inclusion and equality for all disabled people, in all areas of life.
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HAD services include:
- Advocacy: Providing support to get your voice heard. Advocates help defend your rights to access services. They ensure your views are considered regarding decisions that affect your wellbeing.
- Appointees: An Appointee's role is to help manage an individual’s state benefits. They help to pay their bills. They need to register and it can be someone like a relative, friend or solicitor.
- Autism Mentoring & Outreach Service (AMOS): Promotes full inclusion of Neurodiverse people in all aspects of society
- Autism Service Aspiring Potential (ASAP): Provides acknowledgement, information, contact and support to adults with Autistic Spectrum Conditions
- Brokerage Service: Support to manage personal budgets and direct payments
- Changes Nightclub: Nightclub for people with learning difficulties & their friends.
- Deaf services: Services for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing. Services include BSL courses and hearing aid maintenance.
- Direct Support Service: support and advice with all aspects of Direct Payments and Personalisation.
- Harrow Campaigns: Campaigning for the inclusion of Disabled people
- Independent Living & Training: Independence is about making choices, and making the best of your abilities to live your life as you want. Some of our services are free, others can be purchased using a personal budget.
- RADAR Keys: Buy a RADAR Key to unlock accessible toilets.
- Red Brick Café: A café in Wealdstone, run by HAD serving healthy affordable food. It provides students with learning difficulties the opportunity to develop greater independent living skills.
- SWiSH: SWiSH provide advice on housing, health, community activities, welfare benefits, deaf services, employment and training.
- Training for work and employment: Supporting disabled people towards employment
- Welfare benefits: Assistance with all types of Welfare Benefit claims and appeals