http://www.eyesapart.com ...crossed eyes, lazy eye, amblyopia, wall eyes, squint, tropia, double vision, turned, floating, wandering, wayward, or drifting eyes. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:35:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.eyesapart.com/2010/11/30/adult-bullies-lazy-eye-shopping-lines-job-interviews-holiday-gatherings/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2010/11/30/adult-bullies-lazy-eye-shopping-lines-job-interviews-holiday-gatherings/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:24:38 +0000 Lois (admin) http://www.eyesapart.com/?p=304 Holiday gatherings, seasonal job interviews, and Christmas shopping are here again. But what happens when a person with what is commonly referred to as a ‘lazy eye’ enters this mix? Many say adult bullies often whisper and sneer behind their … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2010/11/30/adult-bullies-lazy-eye-shopping-lines-job-interviews-holiday-gatherings/feed/ 39 http://www.eyesapart.com/2010/07/22/lazy-eye-muscles-revisit-a-challenge-from-jfk-take-the-dare/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2010/07/22/lazy-eye-muscles-revisit-a-challenge-from-jfk-take-the-dare/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:33:32 +0000 Lois (admin) http://www.eyesapart.com/?p=267 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 … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2010/07/22/lazy-eye-muscles-revisit-a-challenge-from-jfk-take-the-dare/feed/ 9 http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/11/03/trade-life-expectancy/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/11/03/trade-life-expectancy/#comments Sun, 04 Nov 2007 03:10:10 +0000 Lois (admin) http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/11/03/trade-life-expectanc/ David Marshall writes: Dr. David Guyton at the Wilmer Eye Institue of Johns Hopkins sent this to me along with some other articles, but this one is a very powerful reminder of how crippling strabismus can be to those of … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/11/03/trade-life-expectancy/feed/ 38 http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/10/25/shadow-of-strabismus/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/10/25/shadow-of-strabismus/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:57:19 +0000 Lois (admin) http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/10/25/shadow-of-strabismus/ The following item is edited and used by permission from a letter posted by David Marshall recently in our Eyes Apart Strabismus Support group. David wrote: I often wonder if my strabismus is much like a shadow on the wall. … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/10/25/shadow-of-strabismus/feed/ 6 http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/10/20/social-confidence/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/10/20/social-confidence/#comments Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:22:49 +0000 Lois (admin) http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/10/20/social-confidence/ The following item is edited from a letter posted by shayla last month in our Eyes Apart Strabismus Support group. It’s hard for some people to accept being referred to as having “lazy eyes.” We know that strabismus eyes work … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/10/20/social-confidence/feed/ 59 http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/09/24/two-lazy-eyes/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/09/24/two-lazy-eyes/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:25:44 +0000 Lois (admin) http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/09/24/two-lazy-eyes/ Those of us who have strabismus do not like to be referred to as having a lazy eye. We are not lazy. Because our eyes don’t work right, we often have to work much harder to accomplish a task than … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/09/24/two-lazy-eyes/feed/ 27 http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/08/01/ugly-betty/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/08/01/ugly-betty/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:02:26 +0000 Lois (admin) http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/08/01/ugly-betty/ 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 … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/08/01/ugly-betty/feed/ 2 http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/03/04/develop-conversation/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/03/04/develop-conversation/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:11:34 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/2007/03/04/develop-conversation/ I remember being told as a child, “Don’t stare!” when we’d meet someone with a turned eye or scarred face, or a person with an artificial limb. But telling me not to stare just confirmed to me that this person … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/03/04/develop-conversation/feed/ 0 http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/01/17/out-of-shadows/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/01/17/out-of-shadows/#comments Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:03:16 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/2007/01/17/out-of-shadows/ Most of my life I’ve tried to avoid letting others see me with my eyes drifted, though I’ve often not been successful. It’s never been a major issue for me, as my biggest concern has been the vision disturbances caused … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/01/17/out-of-shadows/feed/ 6 http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/10/31/decorative-contacts/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/10/31/decorative-contacts/#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:15:55 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/2006/10/31/decorative-contacts/ [See photo credit at end of article]While some strabismus sufferers feel contact lenses make their strabismus worse, many others with strabismus have no problem wearing them for vision correction. Contact lenses can also be purchased to change the color or … Continue reading →

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