Many have taken an interest in the Internet’s latest cutest kid in glasses, Piper. I have prepared the following public education piece to go into a little more detail about what people are seeing, as well as to give information…
Category: Advocacy
Does VT Help in LD? – You’re asking the wrong question.
Below is my official response to the Canadian Journal of Optometry to the piece reported back in Vol 76, Issue 2 of this year. http://opto.ca/sites/default/files/resources/documents/cjo_76-2_-_final.pdf It is insufficient to simply present facts to rebut academic attacks, but to confront deep-seated…
On Ignoring the Benefits of Vision Rehabilitation
The Canadian Journal of Optometry printed an article recently that attempted to show how VT has no place in the care of children with learning disabilities. This, of course, is incorrect and potentially harmful, with the possibility that the article…
Child Vision Management Standards in the United States
From a parent contributor to the Facebook Group ‘Vision Therapy Parents Unite‘. Thanks, Cailee’s Corner for your time in putting this together. Readers are encouraged to seek more specific detail at their own state level. From Cailee’s Corner’s post: “I…
Binasal Occlusion for Infantile Esotropia
The following arises from a discussion in the DOC-L mail list sponsored by SCO. The topic was the use of binasal occluders (varying opacity sectoral occlusion applied to spectacle lenses to encourage lateral muscle function and spatial awareness). Typically, such…
Vision Therapy Parents Unite – VTPU
VTPU is a Facebook group that assembles parent and therapist questions and commentary. VTPU also provides a channel to functional vision experts from around the world, documents, and many more user benefits. VTPU is for everyone interested in child development,…
Michael Lievens: The Lifelong Impact of Surgery Over Vision Rehabilitation
This post from our friend Robert Nurisio (Vision Therapist in Texas) speaks volumes about the impact of medical-surgical approaches to what are fundamentally not medical concerns. Michael Lievens is a Belgian blogger who has struggled with intractable diplopia for many…
OEPF Resource Center
The Optometric Extension Program Foundation is a world-leading source of research and resources for professional vision development. The OEPF website itself is a unique repository of professional resources for clinical vision specialists, and anyone interested in vision and the role…
U of L – Visual Impediments Key Factor In Childhood Learning and Behavioural Difficulties
For Immediate Release — Wednesday, October 23, 2013 A University of Lethbridge researcher is calling for more comprehensive, and compulsory, early childhood vision assessments to help reduce potential learning and behavioural difficulties that affect children with impairments to eyesight and…
Academic Behaviors in Children with Convergence Insufficiency with and without Parent-Reported ADHD
Academic Behaviors in Children with Convergence Insufficiency with and without Parent-Reported ADHD MD’s will tell you (as of the time of writing this post) that learning disability and reading disability will not be moved by vision therapy. This clever rhetorical…