Ty's Eyes

04/22/2021

Exciting stuff!!! 👁 🦯 ❤️

Development of the emerging gene therapy is being funded by the Foundation’s RD Fund

07/31/2019

A huge thank you to the Wallkill Valley Swim Conference for making Tys Eyes the beneficiary of their 2019 Swim -a-long!! We are so grateful for your support in our fight for sight 👁 🏊‍♀️

03/23/2018

On Tuesday, a 13-year-old boy from New Jersey was at the center of medical history as he became the first person in the US to receive an FDA-approved gene therapy for an inherited disease. The event marks the beginning of a new era of medicine, one in which devastating genetic conditions that we are...

02/28/2018

Today is Rare Disease Day! Lebers Congenital Amaurosis is a rare genetic disease that affects 1 in 40,000 births. Our family lives with it every day. But we also live with hope ❤️

12/19/2017

Great news!!!!

Foundation’s early investment in LUXTURNA™ boosts vision-restoring treatment for people with RPE65 mutations and will help advance other gene therapies currently in development.

10/13/2017

FDA advisers recommended approval of a gene therapy treatment called Luxturna that would help stop a blinding disease called Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA).

10/12/2017

Today is World Sight Day! This global event focuses on bringing awareness about blindness and visual impairments. Did you know that retinal degenerative diseases affect approximately 10 million Americans and millions more worldwide?

Help the Foundation Fighting Blindness to continue funding research for those affected by blinding retinal diseases by donating in honor of World Sight Day today: www.FightBlindness.org/WorldSightDay

Image Description: Close up on an eye in black and white with a reflection of the world as the iris with text underneath that says "World Sight Day."

10/12/2017

Today is the day!! C'mon FDA, let's get this done!!

A girl saw her mother’s face for the first time. A boy tore through the aisles of Target, marveling at toys he never knew existed. A teen walked onto a stage and watched the stunned expressions of celebrity judges as he wowed “America’s Got Talent.”

09/13/2017

Don't forget to vote for Christian!!

It's time to vote everyone (8pm Eastern)
Live show starts at 9pm!
There are 3 ways to vote -
YOU CAN VOTE 10 times through each method-
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3) Telephone number- 866-602-4803

03/22/2017

So proud of Ty for another great wrestling season! This year he got the Sportsmanship Award! Go Ty!

01/04/2017

Happy ! World Braille Day is celebrated today on Braille inventor Louis Braille's birthday to recognize his contributions in helping blind and visually impaired people to read and write.

09/10/2016

Look at all these great prizes!