The program is designed to help individuals and their caregivers to overcome and grow through the life-altering experience of vision loss.

I have also had to undergo 7 reconstruction surgeries on my left eye before I was able to receive the prosthetic I now wear today.

I’m 19 years into recovery now and I’m coping very well with my prosthetic eye.

At the age of 21, after an accident with a knife, I lost all vision in my left eye.

I walked into a piece of unwinded chain link fence at the field’s entrance.

I am a bit traumatized by what happened to my eye. People ask me a lot of questions about it and they can be difficult for me to answer.

The life-saving measures performed to keep me alive conjointly caused retinal detachments in both my eyes.

My son, Darian, was just two years old when he was diagnosed with a rare eye condition called Coats disease.

I had central retinal artery occlusion on the 9th of December 2021, which took almost 90% percent of my vision in my right eye.

I was born with Microopthalmia, which just means “small eye”. As a baby, my left eye was much smaller than my right

I made the decision within a week to remove the eye because I could see that it was dying.

Hi!!! Since you last shared my story, some things have happened…

Eye Connect Virtual Conference is to create a safe space of connection, support, and healing for those impacted by visual impairment.

HOWEVER! The point of sharing my story is I WILL NEVER GIVE UP! As many times a day as I want to, I will never.

Ten days and many tests and procedures later, it was determined that I had suffered a retinal occlusion.

This was developing due to the small bone between my nose and eye being removed during my original operation.

Many doctors tried to revive my eyesight, but it was beyond repair and became infected a few years later.

I now face a life-altering change and have basic fears of the unknown. Am I strong enough to endure this? Mentally, will I overcome this?

Cancer doesn't discriminate. "Lucas received 6 rounds of Chemotherapy at Buffalo Children's Hospital in an attempt to save his eye."

As a baby, I was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Retinoblastoma.