The disabled parking scheme (blue badge) provides a national arrangement of parking concessions for people with severe walking difficulties who travel either as drivers or passengers.

Wherever possible children who are disabled should grow up within a stable family. Children's Services will support and work with your family with this aim in mind.

We provide care where necessary and give support to enable and encourage users of our services to reach their full potential in all areas of their lives.

We provide a range of services for people with a visual impairment or who are d/Deaf (d/Deaf is a term used to cover all people with some type of deafness and includes those who are hard of hearing, partially deaf or profoundly deaf).

Occupational therapists work with people with disabilities. They help them overcome the effect their particular disability has on everyday living.

We offer a range of alternative services to support and assist you in gaining access to equipment suitable for your medical condition.

An assessment is a series of questions that helps decide the best way of determining someone's social care needs.

How children and young people are included in Dorset schools with appropriate support where needed.

The Government has provided Dorset County Council with £4 million funding over the next three years to transform the way adult social care is provided.

Autism is a lifelong developmental condition. It is part of the autism spectrum and is sometimes referred to as an autism spectrum disorder, or an ASD.

Holders of a National Bus Pass enjoy free off-peak local bus travel anywhere in England. Some Dorset councils have extended this concession by allowing free travel all day.