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New Support Group Website

We hope you like the new look and feel of the VACTERL Association Support Group website, take a look around, we are constantly updating the information here so if you don't find what your looking for, please check back again.

Should you feel you have something to offer the website, get in touch, we would love to hear from you. We are constantly looking for new material that may help others, so if you can help we would be happy to include it here.

Who Are We?

The VACTERL Association Support Group is a support group dedicated to helping families affected by VACTERL/VATER Association based in the UK. Why not visit our online forum for help and support, as well as talk to other people connected through VACTERL.

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What is VACTERL?

VACTERL Association is just that, an association of birth defects. Each letter of the word VACTERL represents an area where birth defects can be present. This means that VACTERL is not so much a disorder, but more a collection of issue all grouped together under one umbrella.

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Want to Talk?

If this is your first time here, you may well be frightened by the prospect of raising a child with VACTERL, well don't be, you are not alone. We like to use facebook and twitter to get to know all our VACTERL friends, why not join us?

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