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    Talking to others with achalasia is a good way of getting ideas that might help with particular problems.

    Achalasia Action holds regular support meetings, mostly online so that everybody can have access to them. After COVID we aim to re-start some meetings in person.

    To see summaries of specialist-led meetings, click on 'See All Meetings' in the box to the right, and then visit 'Specialist-led Meetings'

    Upcoming Meetings

    Friday 31 July 2026, 7.30pm

    Parents of Children with Achalasia Meeting

    Sunday 9th August 2026, 2pm

    The Achalasia Action Central London In Person Meet-up

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    Our main aim is to provide help and support within a friendly and well informed community to those with Achalasia and oesophageal motility and peristalsis problems.

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    For Your Patients

    Information to help medical professionals introduce and guide patients on Achalasia.

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    Take part in upcoming events on Achalasia.
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    We rely on the support and generosity from donors to promote, support, raise public awareness and providing research into Achalasia. The sky remains the limit for what we might do.

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    There are lots of ways you can help raise funds and awareness for Achalasia Action and by doing so you are giving more and more people living with the condition better access to vital research, information and treatment.

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Lorien Schipperus’s Achalasia Story

Lorien smiling and holding a black puppy

On Rare Disease Day, Lorien tells us of how her achalasia was misdiagnosed and of how important it has been for her to receive support from her family, friends and the wider achalasia community

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