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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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Lazy eye muscles? Revisit a challenge from JFK. Take the dare!
It is said that John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, seemed to have lazy eye muscles, which would sometimes cause one to deviate. Kennedy’s picture at the right certainly bears that out. Yet, he was able … Continue reading
Posted in Hall of Fame, Inspirations, Social trauma
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