Category Archives: Help and find help
Finding support through strabismus groups
I often hear people say, “I’m glad I found your group. I thought I was the only one with this problem!” You are not the only one with strabismus. There many of us, and several places online to find us! … Continue reading
Posted in Computers and internet, Help and find help
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Eyes Apart Strabismus Support email group
Eyes Apart now has it’s own email support group for adults, teens, and parents of children with Strabismus (squint, crossed eyes, lazy eye), to discuss knowledge, experiences, problems, and ideas related to Strabismus. We are having some great conversations there, … Continue reading
Posted in Help and find help, Strabismus
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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
Posted in Children's vision, Education, Help and find help
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Who will love me with my turned eye?
[See photo credit at end of article] If you’ve wondered what it is like to have a turned eye, read this passionate letter by a strabismus sufferer named Anthony. Anthony shared this in a strabismus group recently, and gave me … Continue reading
Posted in Help and find help, Social trauma, The way we see
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P.A.V.E. — Parents Active for Vision Education
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
Posted in Children's vision, Education, Help and find help, Lois' story, Reading, Senior vision
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