CONNECTED 2025 || ADVOCACY PARTNER: PREVENT BLINDNESS

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Prevent Blindness – The Sight Saving People

In 1908, spurred to action after learning that 30% of blindness in newborns was easily preventable, volunteers banded together to organize around a state-by-state advocacy campaign that eradicated a form of infant blindness that was rampant at the turn of the century.

115 years later, that movement has evolved into a patient advocacy organization which works to preserve vision and eye health across all ages, with an emphasis on equitable access to eyecare for all. We are Prevent Blindness.

Mission Statement

The mission of Prevent Blindness is to prevent blindness and preserve sight. Focused on promoting a continuum of vision care, we touch the lives of millions of people each year through public and professional education, advocacy, certified vision screening training, community and patient engagement programs, public health research, and more.

For more information, visit us on the web at: PreventBlindness.org

PREVENT BLINDNESS
225 West Wacker Drive
Suite 400
Chicago, Illinois 60606
800.331.2020

Thyroid Eye Disease Resources

TED Community Organization

We Educate
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All those affected by Thyroid Eye Disease (TED)

You’ll never walk alone.

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