A Personal Account

Toolkit: A Personal Account Toolkit Overview Physical and Sensory Needs Cognition and Learning Exams Exam Revision Resources Exam Scripts Social and Emotional Self Help and Independence Communication and Interaction Transitions…

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Gene Therapy

Gene Therapy Gene Therapy is a research technique where the underlying genetic basis of a disease is addressed in order to treat or prevent a disease. There are a few…

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Practical support

Practical Support The following are a selection of organisations and companies that sell or provide support / advice on accessible technology for visually impaired people. There are, thankfully, a huge…

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Stargardt’s disease is an inherited progressive disease that affects the retina. The disease causes a blurring of vision, especially the ability to see fine details, for example difficulty reading a…

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World Sight Day 2023

Around one billion people in the world suffer due to an untreated or preventable vision loss. To focus global attention on visual impairment, blindness and significance of eye health, the World…

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Rob in Lockdown

Rob McCann, one of our Stargardt’s Connected Trustees, needed to find something to occupy himself at the start of lockdown. What started out feeling like an abundance of free time…

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Global survey of potential participant perspectives on ocular gene therapy

A research team from Melbourne, Australia, has developed a new questionnaire on gene therapy for inherited retinal disease, known as the Attitudes to Gene Therapy for the Eye (AGT-Eye) survey.…

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Points of Light award

We are delighted to announce that the founder of Stargardt’s Connected, Bhavna Tailor, has been awarded the Prime Minister’s Points of Light Award in recognition for setting up Stargardt’s Connected…

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School Fundraiser

Bhavna Tailor’s son Ethan was keen to hold a Stargardt’s awareness and fundraising day at his school and she helped him organise a day of fundraising events. His fellow classmates…

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