Category Archives: The way we see

I’m sometimes asked ‘What do you see?’ Or a family member will say that they want to know what their loved one with strabismus sees. This category addresses that.

Two sides of strabismus: Social struggles and straining to see

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Lois (admin)

Ask strabismus sufferers what is the hardest thing they endure, and many will say it is social trauma and low self-esteem. But others will say the vison problems are the hardest. Those with a permanently turned eye look into the … Continue reading →

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Birds have eyes apart

Posted on March 28, 2006 by Lois (admin)

(See photo credit at the end of this article.) Birds have eyes apart. Does that mean they have strabismus? I was curious, so I did some research on what birds see. I uncovered some interesting facts. Most articles I found … Continue reading →

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A network cable …er, brain circuit …is unplugged

Posted on October 24, 2005 by Lois (admin)

I’ve seen an icon similar to this a lot lately, yet no cable was unplugged. My computer seemed to be continuously trying to connect to the net. If I managed to get connected it was only a short time before I was disconnected again. After switching cables around to confirm it was not a bad cable, I purchased a new router. My connection is better than ever now.

The little flashing icon reminded me of my eyes…

My Behavioral Optometrist has told me that our brain-eye connection is like a circuit that can sometimes loose connection. One of the goals of vision therapy is to repair the circuit.
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Partly cloudy today

Posted on October 21, 2005 by Lois (admin)

Often websites show simulators of what the world may look like with various eye conditions. Our current featured photo provides a look at what some with strabismus see. Yet even the best simulators can’t portray what it is really like for those for those with strabismus. Our vision takes many variations.

Some have double vision. But the brain has a wonderful capacity to compensate when things go awry. Some compensate by shutting off images from the weaker eye. Others shift the load from one eye to the other.

The photo on this page is the best simulator I can provide for what the world looks like to me. Continue reading →

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When good is bad

Posted on October 3, 2005 by Lois (admin)

Most people who developed strabismus in childhood have learned to compensate by alternating the drift from one eye to the other, by repressing one eye, or both. This enables us to see, and that is good. But it is also … Continue reading →

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