Category Archives: Children’s vision
Vision Impairment definition: What about Strabismus?
It’s pretty easy to define Vision Impairment. Just grab your dictionary and look up the words “vision” and “impair.” Vision: The act or power of sensing with the eyes; sight. Impair: To make or cause to become worse; diminish in … Continue reading
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Children with strabismus — get involved!
I’m 60 years old and have lived with strabismus all my life. Help was not offered to me as a child, and consequently my vision has continued to suffer. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Today, eye care … Continue reading
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Coats Disease can cause strabismus and blindness
See About the Photo for copyright information. Jamie’s Warning: “Request dilation at regular intervals and definitely before any strabismus surgery.” The following story was originally posted by Jamie Schmidt in our Strabismus Hope email support group. Jamie and I have … Continue reading
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Matt Leinart and strabismus
[See photo credit at end of article] Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart led the USC Trojans to a national Championship in 2004 before signing on as an NFL Quarterback with the Arizona Cardinals earlier this year. Yet Matt Leinart has … Continue reading
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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
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