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My Travelin’ Eye: book review
My Travelin’ Eye by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw “When I was born, I came out looking both ways.” That’s how Jenny Sue begins her beautifully illustrated children’s book, My Travelin’ Eye. She writes, draws, and colors her “own experience as a … Continue reading
New northern California strabismus support group
Yesterday I shared Susanna’s story. Her photo here shows her wearing prism glasses as part of her home vision therapy. Susanna is currently organizing a northern California strabismus support group. You can read more about this in Susanna’s words below. … Continue reading
Susanna, the One Eyed Princess
Susanna was born with strabismus in the former USSR. The photo below is “of me in 1979 in Russia with a play phone, where you can see that my eyes were really crossed,” she writes. Susanna is a speaker, world-traveler, … Continue reading
Adult bullies, lazy eye, shopping lines, job interviews, holiday gatherings
Holiday gatherings, seasonal job interviews, and Christmas shopping are here again. But what happens when a person with what is commonly referred to as a ‘lazy eye’ enters this mix? Many say adult bullies often whisper and sneer behind their … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Social trauma
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Video games improve vision in adults with amblyopia
Video games can improve vision in adults with amblyopia by 30% according to a Sept., 2010, news release from the University of California, Berkley. Research subjects age 20-60 played video games for two hours at a time, for a total … Continue reading
Posted in Just for fun, Video games, Vision therapy
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