http://www.eyesapart.com ...crossed eyes, lazy eye, amblyopia, wall eyes, squint, tropia, double vision, turned, floating, wandering, wayward, or drifting eyes. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:35:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/09/19/abe-lincoln/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/09/19/abe-lincoln/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:26:39 +0000 Lois (admin) http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/09/19/abe-lincoln/ 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 … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/09/19/abe-lincoln/feed/ 0 http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/02/24/vision-impairment/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/02/24/vision-impairment/#comments Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:37:54 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/2007/02/24/vision-impairment/ 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 →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/02/24/vision-impairment/feed/ 0 http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/09/04/finding-help-for-children/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/09/04/finding-help-for-children/#comments Mon, 04 Sep 2006 17:16:12 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/2006/09/04/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 →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/09/04/finding-help-for-children/feed/ 4 http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/08/23/pave/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/08/23/pave/#comments Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:11:58 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/2006/08/23/pave/ 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 … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/08/23/pave/feed/ 1 http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/07/22/eye-patch-dvd/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/07/22/eye-patch-dvd/#comments Sat, 22 Jul 2006 20:37:55 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/2006/07/22/eye-patch-dvd/ 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 … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/07/22/eye-patch-dvd/feed/ 3 http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/06/03/eye-patch-kids/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/06/03/eye-patch-kids/#comments Sat, 03 Jun 2006 18:08:50 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/2006/06/03/eye-patch-kids/ 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 … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/06/03/eye-patch-kids/feed/ 2 http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/04/02/i-can/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/04/02/i-can/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2006 05:11:51 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/2006/04/02/i-can/ 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. … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/04/02/i-can/feed/ 0 http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/02/04/strabismus-and-heredity/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/02/04/strabismus-and-heredity/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2006 17:10:55 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/2006/01/12/strabismus-and-heredity/ My father had the same alternating exotropia that I have. I thought I had avoided passing it down to my children and grandchildren, but not so. My daughter and granddaughter both got good results from my Optometrist. But at the … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/02/04/strabismus-and-heredity/feed/ 3 http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/12/26/school-vision-screening/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/12/26/school-vision-screening/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2005 12:24:53 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/?p=73 Several states have legislated new laws for improved school vision screening which will take place in 2006. I’m proud that my state, Arkansas, is one of the states that is taking the lead. The Vision Council of America (VCA) reports: … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/12/26/school-vision-screening/feed/ 0 http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/10/29/swtr-vaughn/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/10/29/swtr-vaughn/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2005 02:50:20 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/?p=61 Dr. Wanda Vaughn, a developmental optometrist, completes a target push-up skill with a young student. The exercise trains him to move his eyes inward and stay focused on an object. Mark has been diagnosed with convergence insufficiency, which means the eyes don't turn in enough to get a clear, single image. There is a difference between eyesight and vision, according to Dr. Wanda Vaughn, a developmental optometrist with the Arkansas Vision Development Center. Vaughn said that 20/20 eyesight, which means that an individual can see a certain size letter at 20 feet, is only part of a larger picture. "While seeing clearly at 20 feet away is important, it actually has little to do with how our vision systems are used while reading," she said. Vaughn said, most of the time, children are not aware they are seeing incorrectly, so the condition often goes untreated or even misdiagnosed as ADD or ADHD. Continue reading →

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