Eye Connect

Eye Connect peer support groups

Finding others living with macular disease

Macular Disease Foundation Australia facilitates a series of peer support groups for people with a lived experience of macular disease. 

Our Eye Connect support groups meet face-to-face or online at a frequency set by members, which is often around every two months. A trained facilitator runs each session to keep sessions inclusive and informative. 

There are many benefits to joining a peer support group. Some of these include:

• Feeling less alone and better understood
• Sharing experiences and improving self esteem
• Keeping abreast of current medical research, treatment and support services
• Developing new friendships

We’re able to… share tips that might help each other. It’s valuable just being able to talk freely with people in the same situation.

Current Eye Connect member

Find an Eye Connect support group

New groups are being formed all the time. If there’s nothing in your area, contact us.

State	Location	Group type	Contact
WA	Willagee	People living with AMD	MDFA
WA	Stirling	People living with AMD	MDFA
WA	Cannington	People living with AMD	MDFA
NSW	Chatswood	People living with AMD	MDFA
Victoria	Brighton	People living with AMD	MDFA
QLD	Brisbane	People living with AMD	MDFA
Online	Via Zoom	People living with AMD	MDFA

Start an Eye Connect group

How about forming a macular disease peer support group in your area? We can help with practical advice for starting a group – including protocols and policies. We supply welcome kits for new attendees plus help with promoting your group. Macular Disease Foundation can also help link your group to local eye health professionals and guest speakers.