introduction My name is Marlene Cust. I am a senior citizen, and legally blind due to retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration. In my writing, I want to acknowledge both the challenges…

We understand this time of uncertainty may be confusing. We have prepared answers to some questions you may have about your eye health during these times. Different levels of government and professional…

Robert Smyth, executor for estate of Doreen Powles presented a cheque to Fighting Blindness Canada (FBC) in the amount of $400,000 at a donor reception at the Calgary Petroleum Club on October…

On Tuesday, February 11 we gathered in Ottawa for our first Vision Quest of 2020! At this afternoon “tea & talk”, 60 people living with vision loss, their families, and allied professionals…

World’s first approved gene therapy for an eye disease is turning the dream of treating inherited retinal diseases (IRD) into a reality. Forty-six years ago families came together to form Fighting Blindness…

The long white cane serves to identify a person who has a visual impairment but is designed primarily to be used as a mobility tool. Increasing detection range to nearly a meter,…