Read or listen to our range of patient information about macular conditions.
About macular conditions
Diabetic Macular Oedema(pdf, 1.43 MB)
Early age-related macular degeneration(mp3, 9.41 MB)Early age-related macular degeneration(pdf, 234.02 KB)Eye screening for patients taking hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil)(pdf, 321.78 KB)Juvenile macular dystrophies(mp3, 27.43 MB)Juvenile macular dystrophies(pdf, 3.16 MB)Stargardt disease(mp3, 21.92 MB)Stargardt disease(pdf, 789.21 KB)Your guide to age-related macular degeneration(pdf, 2.17 MB)Your guide to age-related macular degeneration(mp3, 22.24 MB)Your guide to macular dystrophies(mp3, 23.69 MB)Living with macular conditions
Daily living skills(mp3, 10.7 MB)Daily living skills(pdf, 2.09 MB)Driving(pdf, 222.97 KB)Driving(mp3, 3.12 MB)Emotional impact of sight loss(mp3, 11.02 MB)Emotional impact of sight loss(pdf, 223.3 KB)Guide to essential care for dry AMD(pdf, 547.14 KB)Guide to essential care for wet AMD(pdf, 794.39 KB)Lighting(mp3, 11.62 MB)Lighting(pdf, 1.43 MB)Local support groups(pdf, 560 KB)Low vision aids(pdf, 758.74 KB)Low vision aids(mp3, 19.46 MB)Nutrition and eye health(mp3, 11.16 MB)Nutrition and eye health(pdf, 1.51 MB)Protecting your eyes(pdf, 342.97 KB)Protecting your eyes(mp3, 9.12 MB)Registering as sight impaired(mp3, 8.16 MB)Registering as sight impaired(pdf, 229.41 KB)Skills for Seeing(pdf, 210.01 KB)Smoking and sight loss(mp3, 8.51 MB)Smoking and sight loss(pdf, 301.21 KB)Supporting someone with a macular condition(mp3, 13.38 MB)Supporting someone with a macular condition(pdf, 281.45 KB)Telephone befriending(pdf, 677.54 KB)Treatment for age-related macular degeneration(mp3, 12.74 MB)Treatment for age-related macular degeneration(pdf, 738.63 KB)Using technology(mp3, 11.83 MB)Using technology(pdf, 1.35 MB)Visual hallucinations(mp3, 11.56 MB)Visual hallucinations(pdf, 1.2 MB)Factsheets
Access to Work (ATW) factsheet(pdf, 1.45 MB)Attendance allowance(pdf, 426.78 KB)Cataracts factsheet(pdf, 22.89 KB)Disability Living Allowance (DLA) factsheet(pdf, 2.13 MB)Dry eyes factsheet(pdf, 611.91 KB)Epiretinal membrane factsheet(pdf, 163.63 KB)Eye donation factsheet(pdf, 262.09 KB)Floaters factsheet(pdf, 488.63 KB)Genetics factsheet(pdf, 74.72 KB)Large print and audio(pdf, 95.44 KB)Macular conditions – Genes and genetic testing factsheet(pdf, 123.6 KB)Macular hole factsheet(pdf, 913.84 KB)Macular Oedema factsheet(pdf, 489.64 KB)Macular telangiectasia (MacTel)(pdf, 371.7 KB)Myopic macular degeneration factsheet(pdf, 588.37 KB)Pain after injections factsheet(pdf, 595 KB)Personal Independence Payment (PIP) factsheet(pdf, 1.91 MB)Retinal vein occlusion factsheet(pdf, 419.15 KB)Travel and holidays factsheet(pdf, 911.2 KB)Vitrectomy factsheet(pdf, 425.79 KB)Work capability assessment (WCA) factsheet(pdf, 2.02 MB)Teaching resources
General tips for teaching visually impaired students(pdf, 686.63 KB)Tips for school trips and visually impaired students(pdf, 606.3 KB)Tips for teaching art to visually impaired students(pdf, 676.18 KB)Tips for teaching DT to visually impaired students(pdf, 654.81 KB)Tips for teaching geography to visually impaired students(pdf, 657.7 KB)Tips for teaching history to visually impaired students(pdf, 657.57 KB)Tips for teaching ICT to visually impaired students(pdf, 669.48 KB)Tips for teaching literacy to visually impaired students(pdf, 647.17 KB)Tips for teaching maths to visually impaired students(pdf, 641.85 KB)Tips for teaching music to visually impaired students(pdf, 646.68 KB)Tips for teaching science to visually impaired students(pdf, 649.99 KB)Tips for teaching sport to visually impaired students(pdf, 651.9 KB)Tips for teaching visually impaired students(pdf, 2.46 MB)How we help
Annual report and accounts 2015(pdf, 650.12 KB)Annual report and accounts 2016(pdf, 342.12 KB)Annual report and accounts 2017(pdf, 318.89 KB)Annual report and accounts 2018(pdf, 669.71 KB)Annual report and accounts 2019(pdf, 431.41 KB)Macular Society funded research 2005-2015(pdf, 334.53 KB)Macular Society impact and accountability report 2019(pdf, 5.67 MB)Macular Society research committee terms of reference(pdf, 68.5 KB)Macular Society research grant terms and conditions(pdf, 126.29 KB)Macular Society strategy 2019-23(pdf, 7.84 MB)Our promise to our supporters(pdf, 193.16 KB)Research committee members(pdf, 17.5 KB)How you can help
Codicil form(pdf, 205.09 KB)Fundraiser Guidelines(pdf, 42.16 KB)Give in memory(pdf, 90.31 KB)Give in your Will wording(pdf, 935.01 KB)Information for legal professionals(pdf, 923.32 KB)Inheritance tax(pdf, 315.03 KB)2017
AMD research priorities report(pdf, 1.37 MB)Articles of Association(pdf, 473.97 KB)