Mission
TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, PEER SUPPORT, CONSULTING, AND PROGRAMS/SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY ANIRIDIA SYNDROME, A RARE GENETIC DISORDER CAUSED BY A MUTATION IN THE PAX6 GENE. THIS CONDITION RESULTS IN LOW VISION OR BLINDNESS AND IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH COMPLEX, LIFELONG MEDICAL CHALLENGES, INCLUDING CHILDHOOD GLAUCOMA, CATARACTS, RETINAL DISEASE, CORNEAL COMPLICATIONS DUE TO LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY (LSCD), METABOLIC DISORDERS, A RARE FORM OF MONOGENIC DIABETES AND NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. BECAUSE ANIRIDIA SYNDROME IS DEGENERATIVE AND HAS NO KNOWN CURE, THE ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE BY ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE, SUPPORTING AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, AND CONTRIBUTING TO RESEARCH EFFORTS AIMED AT DEVELOPING TREATMENTS AND, ULTIMATELY, A CURE.