Archive for the ‘Conferences’ Category

Save the Date: Saturday, October 23, 2010
The Discover Conference is for families of school age children who are blind, visually impaired and deafblind, including those with additional disabilities. It will be held at Perkins’ Watertown, MA campus.
The focus of our 2010 conference is on helping families build networks and find support from each other. Our [...]

Our friend Fran attended the 16th conference organized by Retina International, which was held in Italy last weekend. It wasn’t specifically on LCA but most LCA experts were there! It was very interesting. Here are her highlights:

Dr. Jean Bennett presented the astounding results of the RPE65 trials. Children who were nearly blind can now play [...]

The American Council of the Blind is having its 2010 convention in Phoenix from July 9th to July 17th. Registration is now open.

Click here to learn more.

Mark your calendars for the 6th Biannual Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) Family Conference sponsored by the Foundation for Retinal Research and Chicago Cubs’ First Baseman Derrrek Lee’s 1st Touch Foundation.
The dates for the Conference are Friday, July 30th through Sunday, August 1st, 2010. The Conference itself will be held at the Inn at Penn, [...]