Born with cerebral palsy (CP), Michael J. Kalberer grew up with a philosophy that has served him well throughout his 43 years. “My parents raised me as an individual with a disability, not a [...]
Danielle Senick of Norwich, Conn., reached out to Sofia Sees Hope more than three years ago when she needed answers about her deteriorating vision. Doctors diagnosed Danielle at age 6 months with [...]
Building on her son’s love of music, singing, moving, and reading, Laura Steinbusch created a multilingual children’s songbook called Lux+Louise to help youngsters learn music by braille. With [...]
Since its launch in March 2018, breakthrough gene therapy LUXTURNA®™ continues to be successful in helping improve vision in people with inherited retinal disease due to mutations in both copies [...]
Forty clinical trials and a lot of pre-clinical research into LCA treatments show promising pathways to discovering the next LUXTURNA®, according to Shannon Boye, PhD, the opening speaker for the [...]
Drew’s Beacon for Blindness and Foundation Fighting Blindness are hosting a webinar Wednesday, July 15, at 4:30 p.m. EST on current research involving LCA-CRX, an extremely rare form of Leber [...]
Families living with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) came together virtually, sharing their hopes and triumphs, their challenges and frustrations as part of the three-day Virtual VISIONS 2020 [...]
Even the Covid-19 cloud has a silver lining, and living proof is Andrew Picinich, a 4-year-old preschooler with LCA-CRX, an exceedingly rare form of Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) caused by a [...]
Blink and you just might miss toddler Jordynn rocket past you. A force to be reckoned with when it comes to music and movement, Jordynn is 4 years old and lives with Leber congenital amaurosis [...]
Ben Shaberman – Senior Director of Scientific Outreach & Community Engagement at Foundation Fighting Blindness – combines his skills in science and storytelling to create Retina Boy, a sci-fi [...]