A woman with albinism has revealed what a colorless eye really looks like, and it turns out most of the time it's violet. Kayla Ludlow, who is legally blind, has been sharing clips explaining ...

Leucism and albinism are often difficult to tell apart in animals since the conditions share some of the same characteristics. While albinism refers to the complete lack of melanin—the natural ...

Felix O. Around one in 1,000 people in some African ethnic groups are born with albinism, the medical condition which stops production of melanin in a person’s skin, hair or eyes.

Learn about organizations working to protect albinos from guesome attacks. Oct. 2, 2009— -- In Tanzania, life with albinism is a near death sentence. Fifty-four people with albinism have been ...

In the US about 1 person in 17,000 has albinism. In Africa the prevalence is estimated to range between 1 in 1100 to 1 in 15,000. But in Tanzania the rate is much higher – about 1 in every 1,400.

Albinism is a rare condition that causes the skin, hair, or eyes to have little or no color. It also leads to vision problems. Discover causes, treatments, and more.

Over the last decade, Under the Same Sun, a Canadian group working with people with albinism, estimates that over 200 people with albinism, many of them children, have been killed in Africa or had ...

Hunted And Hated, People With Albinism Raise Their Voices In Song On 'White African Power' : Goats and Soda They're attacked for their body parts and stigmatized by society. They want to let the ...

The better that people with albinism understand their rights, the more they will demand action from their government. It may take a village to raise a child, but the state also has its responsibility.

Peter Ash, the Canadian with albinism who founded Under the Same Sun, a non-profit aiming to improve the lives of people with albinism in Tanzania, issued a report a year ago listing 129 recent ...

Up to 20,000 cases of albinism are reported each year in the United States, according to Dr. Emma Guttman-Yassky, a dermatologist at Mount Sinai hospital in New York. It can be diagnosed ...