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Vision Blindness Part 3 – What we won’t see.

by DrB • February 24, 2016 • 2 Comments

(See Part 2 here.) In the Preface to this series, I mentioned how I’ve been personally attacked for my advocacy for better (any) standards for children’s vision needs. No, I don’t have a saviour complex, and would much prefer to…

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Vision Blindness Part 2 – What we don’t see.

by DrB • February 24, 2016 • 1 Comment

What We Don’t See Affects How Things Appear (See Part 1 here.) Sharry came in with her daughter Sam, a socially awkward but friendly and intelligent 9 year-old, who is struggling in Gr 4. “The pediatrician said her eyes were…

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Vision Blindness Part 1 – What we can’t see.

by DrB • February 23, 2016 • 3 Comments

(See the Introduction here.) For many years, researchers have asked, ‘Why is it that nearsighted children seem to fare better in academics than farsighted children?’ Some have even gone so far as to suggest myopic IQ’s are higher than hyperopic…

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Vision Blindness – Introduction

by DrB • February 22, 2016 • 1 Comment

(See the Preface here.) There are many uses of the word ‘blind’. The concept is so broadly understood, and feared, that many languages have adopted the term to other common uses. When someone does not appreciate the gravity of a…

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Vision Blindness – Preface

by DrB • February 22, 2016 • 6 Comments

Vision. So what. What’s so special about vision? That is, it’s importance cannot be overstated, but as one family doctor told me one day when discussing a child who had recently been given medications for behaviour and emotional concerns, “what…

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Devices and Vision – Two Perspectives

by DrB • August 26, 2022 • 0 Comments

https://wordpress.org/support/update-php/ Optometry Times posted the following article as part of the Back-to-School Vision Awareness blitz that occurs every August 23, 2022. Like the pervasive use of the tired ‘20-20-20 Rule‘ to alleviate visual strain, the VisionMechanic took umbrage to the…

Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Clinically Speaking Part II

by DrB • August 29, 2012 • 0 Comments

Measuring Vision in the Classroom The Need for a Common Standard Research in optometry and medicine has shown that the only way to determine whether a child has a sufficiently robust visual foundation is to assess very specific elements of…

Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Principles Part VIII

by DrB • August 29, 2012 • 0 Comments

Neurosensory Integration and the Visual Hierarchy Introduction “It has not been easy for the helping professions to conceive of human behavior as an expression of the brain, and they are still struggling to do so… The employing of neural mechanisms…

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Visual Disabilities and Impairment: Mostly Refractive, Mostly Preventable

by DrB • July 31, 2017 • 0 Comments

In an earlier post, I had outlined fundamental principles of hyperopia (farsightedness) as a physical disability. Likewise, astigmatism is a frequently un-diagnosed and untreated visual impediment that contributes to child health, behaviour, development, and learning concerns. The impact of nearsightedness…

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Hyperopia as Physical Disability Part 2

by DrB • February 14, 2016 • 0 Comments

In the recent post, I focused on hyperopia as a physical disability. This notion, that non-blinding vision dysfunction is a disability will be a new idea to many readers. There are many reasons for this and these are worthy of…

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