UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

See you next time Theresa, probably in March. We had a really good meeting. Pat Martin and Kay Walker from Visibility talked about Welfare benefits and answered our questions, then had private one to one discussions with anybody who wanted it. There were about 20 people with there including new ones...

Anne and I put the big new poster up at Moorfields on Saturday after the committee meeting. (Just thought that people in Scotland would like to know - the template of our poster was used for the one that Moorfields have now.It is also like the one that went up in Gartnavel hospital(Glasgow) which go...

I get ghosting of lights. Driving in the dark is a nightmare which I rarely do.I see 5 sets of car lights diagonally to my left, so it looks as though cars are coming towards me down the middle of the road. I'm not sure which set of lights are the right ones so I have been known to swerve in to the ...

I have over 80 people on the membership list, of people who live in Scotland.There are over 1000 members of the National Keraoconus group.Most will probably have KC or will be a family member of a person with KC, or a professional working in a hospital with eye patients. At a Scottish group meeting ...

People living in Scotland frequently keep in contact by e-mail. If you haven't sent me your e-mail address please send it to me, or if you have changed e-mail address please let me know. Could the following people please update me with your e-mail addresses because my last e-mails to you have bounce...

Our next meeting is on the 20th January at 2pm in Strathclyde University Chaplaincy Centre, John Street, Glasgow.(near George Square - see map on previous posting) The speaker will be Pat Martin from Visibility. She will be focussing on Welfare benefits. It would be lovely to see new people at the n...

Our next meeting is on the 28th October at 2.30pm in the Strathclyde University Chaplaincy centre, John Street, which is near George Square and Queen Street station. Our speaker is Kerrie Brown from Visibility.She is part of the community support team in Visibility. New people are welcome to come al...

I just wondered if the soft lenses you had been using happened to be kerasoft ones. They have been specially designed for KC. Unfortunately a lot of people are having problems with them just now, because they rotate out of place - the weights don't stay at the bottom. This has been causing me to see...

Websites for anybody who wants to find out about Scottish education and legislation regarding special needs - see below. Education(Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 often called the ASL Act- look on the Scottish Executive website. For the Code of Practice on the Act look on the Le...

It is interesting that people who are familiar with the English school system which is very different from the Scottish system are able to make comments re education. As a Specialist Support teacher in South Lanarkshire working with pupils with addtional support needs in several schools, I recommend...