Yearly Archives: 2006

Finding help for the children

A reader named Carol writes: This has been very frustrating for my son-he has Intermittent Exptropia- we have tried COVD, UCLA, you name it and Yes he has a visionproblem-but everyone wants $$$$$ A good 5,000 – 10,000 We are … Continue reading

Posted in Children's vision, Education, Help and find help | 4 Comments

Who will love me with my turned eye?

[See photo credit at end of article] If you’ve wondered what it is like to have a turned eye, read this passionate letter by a strabismus sufferer named Anthony. Anthony shared this in a strabismus group recently, and gave me … Continue reading

Posted in Help and find help, Reviews & guest posts, Social trauma, The way we see | 21 Comments

Strabismus survey: How does strabismus affect you?

[See photo credit at end of article] This survey ran from 8/30/2006 to 9/30/2006. Thanks to everyone who completed this survey. If you missed this one, we plan to do another survey soon. The survey simply stated, “If you have … Continue reading

Posted in Just for fun, Strabismus, Surveys & research | 2 Comments

P.A.V.E. — Parents Active for Vision Education

The P.A.V.E. website says: “P.A.V.E. is a national non-profit education, resource and support organization whose mission is to raise public awareness of the crucial relationship between vision and achievement.” I’ll be turning 60 this year, and I’m only now beginning … Continue reading

Posted in Children's vision, Education, Help and find help, Lois' story, Reading, Senior vision | 1 Comment

Chocolate squint

Don’t you love this squint? It almost looks like a wink, doesn’t it? Those of us with strabismus often squint in order to see, thus strabismus is also called “squint.” I’ve used this photo before in a post entitled Enjoy … Continue reading

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