Social care library and information services

Learning disabilities

BRITISH INSTITUTE OF LEARNING DISABILITIES ( BILD)
Contact: Information and Resources Service
Address: Campion House, Green Street , Kidderminster, Worcestershire , DY10 1JL
Phone: 01562 723014
email: enquiries@bild.org.uk
Website: http://www.bild.org.uk

Subjects covered: Learning disabilities and related subjects.

Access: Library can be used by members and non-members by appointment. Open Monday-Thursday 9.00 am-5.00 pm, Friday 9.00 am-4.00 pm. Loans to members. Phone and written enquiries accepted.

Services: Publications, reading lists, literature searches, email enquiries, conferences, training on services (charges apply)

Disabled access: telephone for details

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THE NATIONAL AUTISTIC SOCIETY
Contact: Mary Draffin, Information Manager
Address: The Information Centre, The National Autistic Society 393 City Road , London EC1V 1NG
Phone: 020 7903 3599/0845 070 4004
email: info@nas.org.uk
Website: www.autism.org.uk
Library database: www.autism.org.uk/autismdata 

Subjects covered: Autism including Asperger Syndrome, readership varies widely from material written by and for health professionals, education professionals, social care professionals, parents/ carers and people with autistic spectrum disorders.

Access: reference only, by appointment: organisation staff members, students, visitors. Opening hours: 10.00-16.00 Monday-Friday.

Services: no computers in library, but staff can undertake literature searches for visitors. The library database, Autism Data, is searchable via the National Autistic Society website www.autism.org.uk/autismdata . Photocopying (charges apply), library guides, information handouts, reading lists.

Telephone enquiries: 10.00-16.00 Monday-Friday, 0845 070 4004, or 0845 070 4003

Disabled access: wheelchair access via lift.