Keratoconus

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UK Keratoconus Self Help and Support Group
Registered Charity 1057629

A support group which has been running since 1991. They offer meetings, maybe with guest speakers, members' meetings in London, Birmingham (contact details below), Glasgow and Leicester. They also produce newsletters and online resources. They do some fund-raising for KC research.

They hold a conference every 2 years, or so. These include talks from surgeons, optometrists etc, as well as members' experiences. The booklets/DVDs of the conferences are distributed to all their postal mailing list members.

They've also produced leaflets on 'Supporting Students with Keratoconus', 'Keratoconus at Work' and 'Keratoconus - How the law can help you at work' - which are downloadable from the website.

To join the group, and receive the regular newsletter, email: info@www.keratoconus-group.org.uk

Or contact:
        Anne Klepacz
        phone: 020 8993 4759
        PO Box 26251, London W3 9WQ

Keratoconus Support Group (Midlands)

A branch of the UK KC support group has been formed in the Midlands. They hold regular meetings.

Contact:
        Ms Marian Bargery
        phone: 01746 767906
        email: marian@keratoconus-group.org.uk

A medical group based at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in L.A., California which supports patients and research into keratoconus. They publish free newsletters, host free seminars (in USA) and operate a brilliant Internet mailing-list (kc-link).

A patients' support group, based in Reseda, California. Contains a number of useful resources including descriptive infomation, an online support site and research papers.