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Vision Conditions

Understanding your eye condition is an important step in managing vision loss. Here is a list of resources about common vision conditions, how they affect vision, and where to learn more. Our goal is to help you feel informed, empowered, and better prepared to ask questions and seek care.

Glossaries of Eye Conditions

APH ConnectCenter’s Glossary of Eye Conditions

Foundation Fighting Blindness’s Vision Loss Glossary

Prevent Blindness’s Common terms to help you learn more about your eyes and vision

What is legal blindness?

Albinism

National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation

Cataracts

Hadley’s Living with Cataracts

Choroideremia

Foundation Fighting Blindness: Choroideremia

Charles Bonnet Syndrome

American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) Retina Health Series: Charlies Bonnet Syndrome

American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO): What is Charles Bonnet Syndrome?

Macular Society: Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS)

The Charles Bonnet Syndrome Podcast

Hadley’s Visual Hallucinations with Vision Loss

Esme’s Umbrella

Mary Carmel’s Light

Diabetic Retinopathy

Hadley’s Living with Diabetic Retinopathy

How Diabetes Affects Your Vision

Prevent Blindness: What is diabetes-related eye disease?

Glaucoma

Glaucoma and Vision Loss

Hadley’s Living with Glaucoma

Leber Congenital Amaurosis

Foundation Fighting Blindness: LCA

Macular Degeneration (AMD)

American Macular Degeneration Foundation

Hadley’s Living with Macular Degeneration

Macular Degeneration Foundation

MD Support

Wet & Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Degeneración Macular Asociada con la Edad (DMAE)

Retinitis Pigmentosa

Foundation Fighting Blindness: Retinitis Pigmentosa

What is Retinitis Pigmentosa?

Stargardt Disease

Foundation Fighting Blindness: Stargardt Disease

Usher Syndrome

Foundation Fighting Blindness: Usher Syndrome

Research

Foundation Fighting Blindness – retinal diseases:

  • My Retina Tracker Registry: a research database of people and families affected by rare inherited retinal degenerative diseases (IRD). There are over 20 retinal degenerative diseases which the Foundation Fighting Blindness studies.  The list, includes retinitis pigmentosa, Leber congenital amaurosis, Stargardt disease, Usher syndrome, Best disease, choroideremia, and achromatopsia, amongst others.
  • Clinical Trial Pipeline

Prevent Blindness: Clinical trials for eye diseases and vision