Archive for the ‘Children’s vision’ Category
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006
A few weeks ago I wrote about a DVD called 'The Eye Patch Kids'. Since then, my 7 year old grandson and I have had a chance to watch the DVD together several times. It's full of humor that appeals to a child. My grandson laughs all ...
Posted in Children's vision, Education, Just for fun, Vision therapy | 3 Comments »
Thursday, June 8th, 2006
"A child accepts the way he or she sees as being the way everyone else sees the world." That quote is from an item published at the United Kingdom's Royal National Institute of the Blind.
This was certainly true for me, even well into adulthood. As a child, ...
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Saturday, June 3rd, 2006
After struggling with her two year old son for over an hour, Kelly finally gave up getting him to wear his new eye patch. Then she came up with an innovative idea. She produced a video of puppets wearing eye patches to encourage her son to wear his. ...
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Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
I once read a comment from an adult who said she was punished as child every time her eye drifted. Her parents thought by punishing her they would force her to learn keep her eyes fused. Those who don't have strabismus have no idea how difficult it is ...
Posted in Children's vision, Help and find help, Social trauma, Strabismus surgery, Vision therapy | 1 Comment »
Sunday, April 2nd, 2006
My title is a paraphrase of Madelyn Stafford's statement as published in the Salt Lake Tribune. It's the story of an 11-year-old fifth grader who is legally blind.
According to the article, Madelyn Stafford will eventually lose her eyesight completely. Speaking of her social, academic and athletic ...
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