Archive for the ‘Education’ Category
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
President Abraham Lincoln had a rugged, somewhat homely look. Now scientists say that Lincoln's face, which it's said was often the brunt of ridicule, was distorted due to a medical condition called cranial facial microsomia. The result was that the left side of his face, including the eye ...
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Saturday, February 24th, 2007
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 ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage.
Permit me to offer my ...
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Monday, September 4th, 2006
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 not rich, what gets me thought is that if I were ...
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Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006
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 to understand some of the reasons I struggled to keep ...
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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 ...
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