Category Archives: Education
DVD helps kids want to wear eye patch
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
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“They say I can’t, I say 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
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Strabismus and heredity (genetics)
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
Posted in Children's vision, Education, Eye connections, Genetics, Lois' story
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New school vision screening laws for 2006
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
Education in focus
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