Welcome to Our Internet Community
The Hypospadias and Epispadias Association (HEA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded for the education & support of people born with hypospadias or epispadias and their families and loved ones. Although HEA is based in the USA, we invite participation from all people in all countries who have an interest in these congenital anomalies.
We offer resources and support so that people with HS/ES and their families can make informed decisions about surgery, relationships, and sexuality. Our message board, chat rooms, shared stories, and conferences ensure that no one needs to feel alone.
We provide opportunities to develop pride in ourselves and compassion for others by sharing our stories, reaching out to others in our community, volunteering to serve by becoming members of the board or committees, advocating for better care and better choices, and educating the public.
Want to get in touch with us? Go here.
Our Visitors
Our Visitor's Map is rebuilt by ClustrMaps every year. In other words, it only shows the visitors for a year's period. Then it starts over. The start-over date is on or around June 12 of every year.
The map for June 2008-June 2009 is archived here. A country-by-country tally is also available on that page. The link opens on a new page.
The current map is shown here (click on the map below to zoom). Once you've clicked below to see the full map, you can click on a continent to see a larger version of that continent.
(Keep coming back to watch it fill up with red dots.)
Website Update
The website redesign was finished on June 8, 2009. A few pages still need to be finished (Survey and Norfolk Photos, for example). Revisions to these pages and all major updates will be logged below so you can easily find pages that have changed.
If you see any errors (even tiny ones), please send an email to the webmaster. Any suggestions? Is the banner animation too long, too short, or too full of outstandingly beautiful faces? Let us know. Thanks!
The next step is to fix up the forms so that the PayPal functions are included in the regular form.
After that is complete, the plan is to develop a special "members only" section, where members will be able to watch video of former conferences, see pictures of different types of hypospadias and epispadias, see the photos that accompany Chris's surgery blog, and find other members who live nearby or share a specific condition.
Updates since June 8, 2009
Newsletter page fixed 6/10/09.
World visitor map archived for 6/08-6/09 visitors on 6/11/09.
Home page visitor information expanded on 6/11/09.
New animation in banner 6/14/09.
Updated message board software 6/23/09.
Quick Links menu 6/24/09.
New color scheme 6/30/09.
2008 Conference photo slideshow finished.




