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Foundation Fighting Blindness Celebrates Blindness Awareness Month with #ShareYourVision Campaign
Foundation NewsThis social media campaign amplifies authentic stories from the blind and low vision community to highlight the spectrum of vision loss experiences.
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Foundation News
ARPA-H award establishes multi-disciplinary consortium of industry experts to address current limitations and advance innovative technologies for vision-restoring whole eye transplantation.
Goal to bring light to those who are blind through first-ever successful vision recovery in six whole eye transplants in humans by 2030.
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Foundation Fighting Blindness Hosts Chicago Night for Sight Event
Foundation NewsThe October 5th event will raise awareness and fund research driving treatments and cures for blinding diseases and macular degeneration.
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Research News
Dr. Tucker is leading the development of GMP facilities for manufacturing clinical grade retinal therapies
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Research News
Geographic atrophy (GA) is the advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) which causes blindness in one million people in the United States and 5 million worldwide.
This is the first time that a treatment has been approved for this leading cause of blindness.
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Beacon Stories
At only three months old, Brendon was diagnosed with x-linked juvenile retinoschisis (XLRS). But with several other family members also with XLRS, Brendon knew he could still follow his passions for science and space. Now 22, Brendon is an Aerospace Engineer, starting a PhD program at UCF, and was recently awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship.
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Learning to Fall After Vision Loss
Beacon StoriesWhen Justin’s vision loss progressed quickly due to retinitis pigmentosa at 25 years old, he thought skateboarding wouldn’t be possible anymore. Ten years later, with the help of his white cane and audio devices, Justin is now working to enhance accessibility in skateboarding for the blind and visually impaired community.
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Beacon Stories
Michael was matched with his first guide dog, Geo, a yellow Labrador retriever, in March 2020, two years after he applied with Guiding Eyes for the Blind. Michael and Geo now have a relationship unlike any other.
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Erin’s Unwavering Determination, Then and Now
Beacon StoriesDiagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa at a very young age, growing up, Erin never let her progressive vision loss stop her from keeping up with her friends and siblings. Throughout the 1990s, Erin was featured in several Foundation Fighting Blindness campaigns to raise funds for retinal research. Today, 34-year-old Erin is resilient as ever, still hopeful research will one day find her a cure.
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A diagnosis of an inherited retinal disease (IRD) can be challenging for both patients and their doctors. But the Foundation can help eye care professionals provide resources and information to enable patients to better understand and manage their conditions, and potentially qualify for clinical trials of emerging therapies.
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