Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, 17th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
1-800-331-2020
(312) 363-6026
http://www.preventblindness.org
• Produces educational materials that address the special needs of senior citizens, agriculture and industrial workers, school teachers and children, nurses, and doctors. Offers guidance regarding current available treatments, eye care facilities and programs, and current eye research findings through the National Center for Sight. Coordinates the Eye Patch Club, a support group for families coping with a child's amblyopia treatment. Administers a research program to provide small start-up grants to young scientists.

PXE International
4301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 404
Washington, DC 20008-2369
(202) 362-9599
http://www.pxe.org
• Initiates and supports research on pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE). Provides support and education in the form of publications, online discussion groups, a website, and conferences for affected individuals and their families. Provides peer consultation for health care providers. Coordinates offices world wide, the PXE International Blood and Tissue Bank, and the PXE Research Consortium.