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No Limits for Determined Paralympian Triathlete
Beacon StoriesParalympian Elizabeth Baker says that Stargardt disease has made her a tougher person.
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Seeing hope: Ledyard nonprofit focuses on rare retinal diseases
NewsSofia Priebe, 17, is legally blind. Her parents have started a nonprofit, Sofia Sees Hope, to raise funds for research into and awareness of the rare genetic disease Leber congenital amaurosis, which causes her blindness.
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In the Press
People with disabilities are no different from anyone else. We all have strengths and challenges, and we all seek to be fully engaged in society. Treating blind people differently, either as incapable of conducting everyday tasks in life, or conversely, acting as though our ability to conduct even the most mundane chore is remarkable can be discouraging.
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The Legacy Society is a unique group of Foundation Fighting Blindness members who have made a lasting commitment to finding treatments and cures for blinding retinal diseases by making a gift to the Foundation through a will, trust or by beneficiary designation.
The Legacy Society is a way for the Foundation to recognize this profound contribution to retinal research. A gift of any kind to the Foundation is a wonderful act of compassion and generosity.
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Foundation News
My Retina Tracker Program is the highest volume IRD genetic testing program in the U.S.
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7th Annual Retinal Cell and Gene Therapy Innovation Summit
Foundation NewsPlease note that the seventh annual Retinal Cell and Gene Therapy Innovation Summit previously scheduled for Friday, May 1st, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland has been cancelled.
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National Board of Trustees Call - 1/14/2020
Audio from the Board of Trustees call that took place on January 10, 2020.
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Visionary Artist Elijah Overcomes All Obstacles
Beacon StoriesElijah has always had an artist mind, and he hasn’t let his diagnosis with Stargardt disease hold him back from his passion for creating art.
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AGTC Reports Promising Interim Results for XLRP and Achromatopsia Gene Therapy Trials
Research NewsAGTC used Foundation’s My Retina Tracker registry to recruit patients for trials
