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		<title>Lazy eye muscles? Revisit a challenge from JFK.  Take the dare!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s picture at the right certainly bears that out. Yet, he was able to achieve the highest office in the USA. President Kennedy showed us that our value [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would you trade part of your life expectancy to be rid of strabismus?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 03:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 us who suffer from it. It is a study conducted by George R Beauchamp, MD, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intimidated by the creeping shadow of strabismus?  Here&#8217;s help!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois (admin)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. There are days when it looms so large over me all I want to do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social confidence with lazy eyes</title>
		<link>http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/10/20/social-confidence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois (admin)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following item is edited from a letter posted by shayla last month in our Eyes Apart Strabismus Support group. It&#8217;s hard for some people to accept being referred to as having &#8220;lazy eyes.&#8221; We know that strabismus eyes work much harder than normal eyes. Shayla used this term about herself with confidence, and she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My strabismus: Two lazy eyes like 2 unruly two-year-olds!</title>
		<link>http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/09/24/two-lazy-eyes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois (admin)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t work right, we often have to work much harder to accomplish a task than those who have normal vision. But if any form of strabismus could be referred to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be a winner a la Mode&#8217;s &#8216;Ugly Betty!&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois (admin)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 a magazine publisher. A turn of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Developing a conversation with those who are different</title>
		<link>http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/03/04/develop-conversation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember being told as a child, &#8220;Don&#8217;t stare!&#8221; when we&#8217;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 was &#8220;odd.&#8221; Yet subconsciously I wondered, &#8220;Are they different inside also? What do they feel, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strabismus in the shadows</title>
		<link>http://www.eyesapart.com/2007/01/17/out-of-shadows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois (admin)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of my life I&#8217;ve tried to avoid letting others see me with my eyes drifted, though I&#8217;ve often not been successful. It&#8217;s never been a major issue for me, as my biggest concern has been the vision disturbances caused by strabismus. But I&#8217;ve talked to others with strabismus who are devastated by their turned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware decorative non-prescription contacts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois (admin)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[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 appearance of your eyes. You should never purchase these without a prescription from an eye [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High school worker with strabismus</title>
		<link>http://www.eyesapart.com/2006/10/06/high-school-worker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2006 01:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois (admin)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[From Luanne by way of Lois(Admin):] I have strabismus in BOTH eyes. It&#8217;s more bothersome and noticeable the older I get. I am farsighted in one eye and near sighted in the other eye. Which ever eye I&#8217;m looking out of, which goes straight, the other eye goes off to the side. I work in [...]]]></description>
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