Astigmatism – A silent and invisible thief. No one should expect parents to understand how vision works, let alone how this might affect their children – even though they might observe very clearly the effects of significant visual impediments. Astigmatism,…
Category: Spectacles
Hyperopia as Physical Disability Part 2
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…
Hyperopia as Physical Disability
Basic farsightedness, or hyperopia, is not the simple opposite to nearsightedness, or myopia. More appropriately, it is the obverse, the complete flip side of a basic principle of human visual function. A recent study confirmed once again that basic visual…
Explaining Piper’s Response to New Glasses
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…
Pediatric Frames
It’s hard to find good quality pediatric frames. Frames need to be flexible yet sturdy enough to maintain proper alignment. They should have cable temples, small sizes, and be relatively inexpensive for parents. Here’s one source that seems to be…
Monocle
Here are two sources of monocles. http://ca.warbyparker.com/monocle/ http://www.deadmensspex.com/default/monocle.html