Not to put too fine a point on this, but ‘worming’ or ‘oculolinctus’, other names for eye-licking, is just a bad idea. Various news agencies have reported recently on the spike of conjunctivitis (bacterial ‘pink-eye’ infections) in Japan from people…
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Vision in the School
There are many things I enjoy about my job, one of these is when I speak to groups of developmental professionals to teach them about how vision affects reading and learning behaviour. The idea that vision has something to do…
Strabismus Surgery – A parent’s question.
Here is a parent’s question regarding her niece’s recent strabismus surgery. It seems obvious that the solution to a turned eye would be to ‘realign’ it surgically, but if you look a little deeper, this ‘leap before you look’…
Visual Risk Assessment Tool
Introduction As a species, I doubt we evolved specifically to end up using computers, smart devices, and other sustained near-point activities. The signs of visual strain are common, but often go undetected or ignored. Use this tool to do a…