Archive for the ‘Education’ Category
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. ...
Posted in Children's vision, Education, Just for fun, Vision therapy | 2 Comments »
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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Saturday, February 4th, 2006
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 end of the December, I took my ...
Posted in Children's vision, Education, Eye connections, Genetics, Lois' story | 2 Comments »
Monday, December 26th, 2005
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:
Washington, D.C. (April 19, 2005) – While medical professionals ...
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Saturday, October 29th, 2005
About the photo: Dr. Wanda Vaughn, a developmental optometrist, completes a target push-up skill with Mark Andrews*. 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 ...
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