Jim was just a boy when a condition called juvenile macular degeneration began to steal away his eyesight. By the time he reached adulthood, Jim was totally blind. But Jim never let his blindness keep him from living as normal a life as …
Brian, also a Lafayette resident, was diagnosed at age 16 with Stargardt’s disease, a rare form of inherited juvenile macular degeneration. Now 36, he said while his peripheral vision is fine, he needs heavy magnification to read and …
Another cause is Stargardt’s Disease also known as Juvenile Macular Degeneration; this too has been linked to a genetic mutation in what are normally called transporters. This gene deals specifically with the eye and a mutation of this …
ANSWER: The disease is also know as Juvenile Macular Degeneration and was first described by Dr. F. Stargardt in a German ophthalmological journal in 1909. It comes on between 6 and 20 years of age in children who have been normal until …
Arlington Heights resident James Kesteloot retires this month as executive director of the Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired after working 40 years for the agency. Kesteloot, 64, has been legally blind his whole life due to juvenile macular degeneration. But he can see far better today, thanks to the improvements in adaptive aids and technology.
