MD Community Visitor's Bureau

This section has been designed to orient you to the MD Support web site and to lead you to answers to the most common questions about macular degeneration. It includes several links which will point to further information and web sites, so it is important that you bookmark this page in order to easily find your way back.

Fear and confusion often confront us when first hearing the diagnosis of Macular Degeneration. You are not alone with these feelings, and we are here to assist you by whatever means possible.

Hopefully, this page will help you find what you are looking for on the MD Support site. Be sure to bookmark this page, or use your back button to return.

Where Can I Find . . . ?

1. A searchable alphabetical listing of all documents contained in the MD Support web site?

Site Index

2. A description of Macular Degeneration and its various forms?

What Is Macular Degeneration?

3. Other people with whom I can communicate about Macular Degeneration?

International MD Support Group (a global network of live support groups)
MDList (an email discussion group)
MD Forum (an Internet message board and chat room)
MD Community Personal Profiles

4. Sources of communication with other people about various retinal degenerative conditions?

Internet E-Mail Lists

5. Books relating to vision loss?

6. Transcripts from group discussions with professionals in the field of low vision?

The Clinic

7. Current information on clinical trials for macular degeneration?

Clinical Trial Watch

8. Easy-to-understand diagrams and descriptions of the parts of the eye?

Anatomy of the Eye

9. Information and descriptions about common retinal conditions?

Eye Diseases and Conditions

10. Eye tests to self-check my vision?

Eye Tests

11. Terms and definitions relating to macular degeneration?

Glossary

12. A comprehensive and up-to-date collection of articles and reports relating to vision loss?

13. First hand personal experiences with various low vision aid products?

Product Reviews

14. Photographs and illustrations of how MD People see?

Through Our Eyes
Visual Symptoms of MD

15. Personal accounts by people who have undergone various treatments for MD?

Treatment Archives

16. Writings by other low-vision people?

Personal Accounts
Revelations
Sharon's Shoebox

17. Outreach activities of MD Support?

18. Links and contacts for agencies, centers, organizations, societies, low-vision aids, reading materials in large print and Braille, reading materials on tape, recommended hospitals for eye care, vision-related web sites.

19. Descriptions and links for all national charitable organizations dealing with MD?

MD Portal