Archive for the ‘Inspirations’ Category
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
It is said that John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, seemed to have lazy eye muscles, which would sometimes cause one to deviate. Kennedy's picture at the right certainly bears that out. Yet, he was able to achieve the highest office in the USA. ...
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Brett shared the url to this video in our Eyes Apart Strabismus Support group recently. Brett writes, "If strabismus seems like a barrier to living our dreams and gaining acceptance, just imagine the hurdles these two beautiful dancers have managed to overcome."
The ballet "Hand in Hand" is performed by ...
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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, September 1st, 2007
Monet's vision reached a lot deeper than his eyes could see.
Professor Michael Marmor, an Ophthalmologist who led a team of researchers at Stanford University, has been quoted in Times Online as saying that the beloved artist Monet "derided the developing abstraction in art." Yet as he aged, Monet's paintings ...
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
The popular tv series Ugly Betty challenges all of us who have felt excluded or different in any way to stand up and be proud of who we are. The star of Ugly Betty, America Ferrera, plays Betty Suarez, a homely but hardworking young woman who dreams of being ...
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