When successful examples of global CVI research are examined, it is evident that progress in this field is only possible through a seamless synthesis of non-governmental organizations, neuroscience laboratories, clinical centers, and artificial intelligence engineering.
AGAHDER has assumed the mission of being the first and pioneering non-governmental organization to build this multidisciplinary ecosystem in our country.
In our approach, children with CVI are not subjects in need of "kindness" or "charity"; they are individuals requiring scientific and technological solutions to solve the complex puzzle presented by the brain.
We define CVI not as a "disease" in the classical sense, but as an "alternative normality" where the visual world is processed by the brain through a different construct. Evidence from basic neuroscience and clinical experience demonstrates that these children perceive the world not as "abnormal," but simply in an "atypical yet inherently natural" way.
Science should exist not merely to describe the "normal," but to serve this alternative normality and to dismantle the access barriers in its path.
Therefore, proceeding from the fact that the eyes are merely windows while the actual act of seeing is the brain’s most complex symphony, we position Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) as the last unexplored frontier of neuroscience.
As the leading cause of childhood visual impairment in developed countries today, this condition represents a massive scientific gap for researchers—one that holds the potential for Q1-level publications and stands at the focus of global research funding to solve the mystery of the brain's visual processing networks.
At AGAHDER, we invite the academic world and technology developers not just to provide a diagnosis, but to construct a new neuro-architecture that will make sense of this alternative form of vision.
Our aim is to impact these children’s lives not through the lens of benevolence, but with a scientific vision focused on "habilitation and solutions".
On this visionary journey, we invite all neurologists, ophthalmologists, academics, data engineers, and researchers—who view the power of science as a tool serving human dignity and seek to transform their passion for research into a child’s independent life—to join AGAHDER in building a new habilitation bridge between Turkey and the global scientific community.