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Entry fee (includes buffet lunch):

NN members: £15
Non-members: £25

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Saturday, October 22, 10 am – 4 pm
Harrow Teachers' Centre, Tudor Road, Harrow, HA3 5PQ

Speakers and events

• "Congenital Nystagmus is a developmental disorder." Professor Chris Harris of the University of Plymouth, neuroscientist and adviser to the Nystagmus Network, will explain what that means and what we might one day be able to do about it.
• "The Genetic Eye Clinic & Nystagmus." Genetic counsellor Jo Lowndes of Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals explains her role as a genetic counsellor in the eye clinic and the basic genetics of nystagmus and more common genetic conditions such as OCA and CSNB that are associated with nystagmus.
• Question & Answer session with medical staff and researchers. Got a burning question about nystagmus? Now's your chance to ask it. (more details below)
• Talk to Leicester University's nystagmus research team about treatment options and their wider work on nystagmus.
• Networking session for teachers, health and other professionals.
• Meet others with nystagmus and talk to the parents of other children with nystagmus.

Young people

• Crèche for 15 children – the crèche is now full.
• For young people 8-25 your chance to make a DVD with NN partner charity LOOK (http://www.look-uk.org/). The subject of this year's drama workshop is audio described cinema – a great idea in principle, but it doesn't always live up to expectations. So here's a chance to have fun and do something creative about it. Please email info@nystagmusnet.org for more details or to book a place on this workshop.

Exhibitors

• Optelec
• Guide Dogs

Entry fee (includes buffet lunch):

NN members: £15
Non-members: £25

Ask the experts

Whether or not you join us on October 22, this is your chance to ask NN committee members and our expert speakers any question you like about nystagmus. All you have to do is write your question below, email it to john.sanders@nystagmusnet.org and we will try to answer it. If we can't answer your question on the day, we will do our best to answer it in future issues of our Focus newsletter.

Click here to email your question.

Open Day Flyer

Please download and send our A5 Open Day flyer to anyone with an interest in nystagmus. Alternatively email info@nystagmusnet.org with your address for a supply of printed leaflets to distribute. Professionals as well as people with nystagmus are welcome to our Open Day.

How to get there (see map to right)

Harrow Teachers' Centre is on the outskirts of north-west London with good access by road, rail and underground.

The nearest rail and underground station is Harrow & Wealdstone at the northern end of the Bakerloo Line. It is approximately 10-15 minutes to the Centre and cabs are available outside the station.

The Centre has parking for approximately 80 cars.

Website: http://www.harrow.gov.uk/info/200021/community_centres_and_facilities/1055/harrow_teachers_centre/1
Detailed location map: PDF Download (221 KB)

Accommodation

Several of us from the Nystagmus Network will be staying the night of October 21 in the Harrow Premier Inn http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/HARTRA/london-harrow. You are welcome to join us for a drink and chat the evening before Open Day in the hotel. Please contact info@nystagmusnet.org for details.