Macs Links

• Phat Printing
  PhatPrinting will donate £2 for every pack of business cards they sell to MACS.
  
• Action for Blind People
  We are an expert national organisation providing free and confidential support for blind and partially sighted people in all aspects of their lives. We offer practical support, advice, holiday breaks and children's sports clubs to visually impaired people throughout the UK. Our website is highly accessible.
  
• Geographical variation in Anophthalmia and Microphthalmia
  The results of this investigation looked at the geographical variation and clustering of Anophthalmia and Microphthalmia in England between 1988 and 1994
  
• Eyeless Trust
  The Eyeless Trust was formed to help children born with anophthalmia and microphthalmia and to provide help and support for their families. It operates throughout the United Kingdom. The Eyeless Trust seeks to improve the quality of life of each child to enable him or her to enjoy as many as possible of the things normal children enjoy.
  
• Ocular Prosthetics
  This site shows how artificial eyes are made and fitted. This site is particularly useful for UK families. Robin Brammar is the Principle Oculist at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital. Robin provides a prosthetic advise service by telephone, letter or e-mail.
  
• Artificial eye net
  This site is packed with information about prosthetic eyes.
  
• www.neweyelids.com
  This site offers information about eyelid surgery, including eyelid colobomas
  
• Ocular Prosthetic Information Site
  This is an international web site for FAQ's regarding plastic ocular prostheses, impression moulded scleral cover shells, for both congenital and acquired conditions. Included in this web site is also instructions for hygiene care of the prosthesis, plus procedures to follow for removal and insertion by the patient or careworker.
  
• ICAN
  The International Children's Anophthalmia Network (our US equivalent)
  
• Diann's Home Page
  Diann's son, Jacob, was born with Microphthalmia with Cyst, plus Coloboma
  
• RNIB
  RNIB - Coloboma page
  
• www.rnib.org.uk/student
  The website's content was developed to meet the information needs highlighted by research with students. By exploring the website, students will find vital information covering travel, finance, finding a course, applying to university, tips on studying, health care and cinema listings. Many students tell us they feel isolated as they move away from their home, school, and friends. The website enables blind or partially sighted students to stay connected to each other. Students have told us they find the website's bulletin board extremely useful and have been leaving messages for each other, exchanging ideas and engaging in lively discussion.
  
• AAPOS Home Page
  The American Association of Paediatric Ophthalmologists
  
• A report on the Castillo Case
  Legal case in the US regarding Microphthalmia and Benlate fungicide
  
• www.sightandsound.co.uk
  Solutions and equipment for blind and visually impaired people
  
• www.victa.org.uk
  Victa provides support for visually impaired children and their families. Our main aim is to work towards parents obtaining early diagnosis, correct medical treatment and the best social and educational support so that our children can reach their full potential. We provide help and practical support to parents; assist on educational choices; organize outings and social events for the children and their families; offer information on toys, games etc for visually impaired children and provide access to impartial advice.
  
• www.frg.org.uk
  Family Rights Group: A charity in England and Wales that advises parents and other family members whose children are involved with or require social care services. The Family Rights Group also run a confidential telephone advice service for families.
  
• www.adviceguide.org.uk
  Advice Guide UK : The online version of Citizens Advice. The website includes practical, up-to-date information on a wide range of topics, including benefits and housing, employment rights and discrimination, debt and tax issues, links to the directory of Citizens Advice Bureaux and a wide selection of fact sheets to print off
  
• www.equalityhumanrights.com
  Equality and Human Rights Commission: Formerly the Disability Rights Commission. Useful website with information on disability rights.
  
• www.disabilityalliance.org
  Disability Alliance: A charity who provide information on social security benefits and tax credits to disabled people, their families, carers and professional advisers; undertake research into the needs of disabled people, with particular emphasis on income needs and seek to promote a wider understanding of the views and circumstances of all disabled people. Disability Alliance also publish a very useful handbook
  
• www.nus.org.uk
  National Union of Students: A voluntary membership organisation which “makes a real difference to the lives of students and its member students' unions”. Their website is a good source of information about various aspects of student li9fe and includes a help and advice section
  
• www.dwp.gov.uk
  Department for Work and Pensions: Government department responsible for benefits. Their website includes a range of information about various benefits.
  
• www.henshaws.org.uk
  Henshaws Society for Blind People is a leading charity for blind and visually impaired people across the North of England. We give expert care, advice and training to anyone affected by sight loss, right where it's needed most.
  
• www.galloways.org
  Our mission is to support people of all ages who have a sight loss and to enable them to gain an independent lifestyle, at the same time as minimizing the effects of reduced vision
  
• www.rsblind.org.uk
  It is a non-maintained special school and a totally independent charity catering for the needs of pupils aged between two and nineteen with a visual impairment and additional disabilities, including multi-sensory impairment
  
• www.insightradio.co.uk
  RNIB radio station
  
• www.stvin.com
  St. Vincent's is one of only two non-maintained special schools for Blind and Partially Sighted children in the North of England, and is the only Church school in England for VI children, as such we value the religious traditions of all pupils.
  
• www.visionaid.org.uk
  They lend toys and equipment for blind children, based in Bolton, Lancs or Greater Manchester.
  
• www.techno-vision.co.uk
  Welcome to our web page containing our wide range of products and services for blind and visually impaired people.
  
• www.changingfaces.org.uk
  Changing Faces is a UK charity that supports and represents people who have disfigurements of the face or body from any cause.
  
• www.cobolt.co.uk
  Products for the Blind and Visually Impaired Suppliers of Audible Products
  
• Forcetenco - www.forcetenco.co.uk
  Specialists in Sensory Loss & Hearing Loop systems and the provision of a wide range of Daily Living and Mobility Aids.
  
• Toys of Essence - www.toysofessence.co.uk
  The unique aspect about Toys of Essence is that it specialises in selling quality educational toys for babies, pre-school and early primary school children Thirty percent of the products on our website have won industry awards. This gives our customers the confidence that their purchases are safe, reliable and are of a high educational content. Our products are sourced from suppliers who are leaders in the educational and child development field. They include PlanToys, Fiesta Crafts, Learning Resources, Melissa & Doug, Manhattan Toys, K Kid's, Orchard Toys, I'm Toy and Automoblox.
  
• The National Artificial Eye Service
  The National Artificial Eye Service provides a manufacturing and fitting service for the supply of ocular prostheses to all eligible patients throughout England.
  
• My Local Optician
  My Local Optician, visited by thousands of members of the public each week looking for information and advice on eyecare and eyewear. An independent site run as a social enterprise business to improve the public awareness for better vision.
  
• Primary Health Net
  UK Optical Community knowledge and information website visited by over 26,000 professionals each month. We share information with the broadest audience of optometrists, LOCs, dispensing opticians, educationalists, students and the optics Industry. We now host LOCSU secure pages as well as 13 other LOC region's sites.