December 7, 2020
A Family Forever Changed by Research
Read more about the ways in which Retina Foundation impacts lives in our news section.
READ MORERead more about the ways in which Retina Foundation impacts lives in our news section.
READ MOREJenny Schisler has retinitis pigmentosa. Jenny wants to spread awareness of what having a visual impairment really means to her and others affected by retinal degenerative diseases. By Jenny Schisler There was recently a viral image of a visually impaired woman using a cane and looking at her phone. In ignorance, the typical person would […]
READ MORESharon and Harold have been married 55 years, and have a loving marriage and happy family with three children and eight grandchildren. Ten years ago, Sharon was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration, a common eye disease that disrupts central vision. Learning that Dr. Karl Csaky is “one of the world’s experts on macular degeneration”, she […]
READ MOREAvery is a happy and affectionate little girl who has been amazingly brave for a total of twelve surgical procedures. Avery has a syndrome known as CHARGE which has led to a myriad of issues, including poor eye-hand coordination, poor depth perception, lack of balance, and difficulty with simple tasks, such as brushing her hair. […]
READ MOREIt was a chance encounter that Kate received treatment for her lazy eye at an early age. Her mother, Tori, is a mother of three and on a routine visit to the pediatrician she was presented with the opportunity to have her one-year old son enrolled in a nutrition and vision study at the Retina […]
READ MOREMason Two Crow, 22, first came to the Retina Foundation in 2003 with a diagnosis of X-linked retinoschisis, a rare genetic condition affecting the retina. Two years ago he came in for a follow-up appointment where he learned that he had the opportunity to be one of the very first to ever be enrolled in […]
READ MORENearly seventy-two years ago, Phyllis Snyder’s mother, Rose Lee Gunter, was misdiagnosed as having glaucoma and incorrectly treated by a “horse and buggy” doctor. Fortunately, technology has come a very long way since that time. Researchers at the Retina Foundation use advanced testing equipment that is able to quickly, painlessly, and accurately test patients’ visual […]
READ MOREAchromatopsia is a rare inherited eye disease characterized by decreased vision (20/200), extreme light sensitivity, and the absence of color vision that affects less than 10,000 Americans. There is no current cure for achromatopsia. However, research on gene therapy is ongoing and may lead to treatment options in the future. The Retina Foundation of the […]
READ MORE(Dallas, TX – October 2015) Amanda knew there was something wrong when at the age of 18 months, Madelyn wasn’t walking yet. “She would step and just stand there. She didn’t know where she was going,” said Amanda. Her thoughts were confirmed when she and her husband took their daughter to the eye doctor who […]
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