A friend sent me this link after reading my last post about whether or not glasses = nerdy. The story is a piece from National Public Radio that ran this past April, you can listen to the program at the link above, or read the transcript there – they’re the same. The program talks aboutContinue reading “more on the perception of glasses”
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Confirming what we knew: wearing glasses is harder on us parents than it is on our kids
I ran across a very interesting article the other day while perusing the recent literature on kids and glasses (yeah, I regularly read through article about kids and glasses, makes me a hit at the parties…). “Spectacle wear in children reduces parental health-related quality of life,” published in the Journal of the AAPOS, Feb., 2011Continue reading “Confirming what we knew: wearing glasses is harder on us parents than it is on our kids”
Getting the word out
(this post was originally meant as a Monday morning link round up. Life happened, and now it is neither Monday, nor is it morning. So while I was at it, I dropped the link round up part, too, as I think it stands on its own as a regular post). It’s likely that if you’reContinue reading “Getting the word out”
Link round up – March 1, 2011
I’ve come across a pretty random assortment of links recently, on topics of vision therapy, cataracts, and a do-it-yourself iPhone app for vision testing. Questions for doctors – Stewart Snippets recently learned that her 2 year old son has lamellar cataracts. She wrote a wonderful list of questions for her son’s doctors. The questions areContinue reading “Link round up – March 1, 2011”
Discussion between ophthalmologist and optometrist!
If your child has amblyopia and/or strabismus, you’re going to want to check this out: “Do You See With Your Eyes Or With Your Brain and … What Difference Does It Make?” on The VisionHelp Blog. I know about it thanks to Stella’s developmental optometrist, who emails relevant vision-related news and helpful educational opportunities and resources toContinue reading “Discussion between ophthalmologist and optometrist!”
book about patching awarded the Schneider Family Book award by the American Library Association
The American Library Association announced its 2010 Youth Media Awards this week. One of the awards, the Schneider Family Book award “honors an author or illustrator for the artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.” This year’s Schneider Family Book award for children’s books was awarded to “The Pirate of Kindergarten”Continue reading “book about patching awarded the Schneider Family Book award by the American Library Association”
A warning about Nintendo’s upcoming 3D device
Jessica Gottlieb is a prominent blogger known for sharing strong opinions on motherhood, social media, and other assorted and engaging topics. Her son happens to have strabismus and amblyopia. He visited regularly with a pediatric ophthalmologist from age four months until earlier this month. Now nine years old, his vision has come a long way. HeContinue reading “A warning about Nintendo’s upcoming 3D device”
Monday round up of links – November 8, 2010
I’ve run across quite a few mentions of children’s vision online recently, so it’s clearly time for another round up of links: Girl’s life saved due to facebook photo – A post on Bright Eyes News about how a person on facebook notices something wrong with a girl’s eyes when her parent posts a photoContinue reading “Monday round up of links – November 8, 2010”
vision screenings vs comprehensive eye exams
In Tami’s story, her daughter Lilly passed the vision screening that their school system required for kindergarten, but was found to have amblyopia at an eye exam at an ophthalmologists (read the whole story) . As I was looking in to this, I was surprised to learn that this isn’t all that uncommon. ChildrenContinue reading “vision screenings vs comprehensive eye exams”
World Sight Day 2009
I’m almost out of time, but I wanted to post something in recognition of World Sight Day, 2009 – an international day of awareness, held annually on the second Thursday of October to focus attention on the global issue of avoidable blindness and visual impairment. World Sight Day is part of the VISION 2020 GlobalContinue reading “World Sight Day 2009”
Prevalence of refractive errors in young children: The Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease study
I finally got around to reading the full article published in Ophthalmology on the Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease study (link to the abstract, link to a press release). The study looked at nearly 2300 children ages 6 months to 5 years old. The researchers examined the children and recorded the refractive error and astigmatism toContinue reading “Prevalence of refractive errors in young children: The Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease study”
Monday morning round-up (April 6, 2009)
Study on the prevalence of eye problems in young children – A recent study was just published in Ophthalmology this month, which is believed to be the first comprehensive eye disease study among urban pre-schoolers, “Prevalence of Refractive Error among Preschool Children in an Urban Population: The Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease Study.” (Abstract – whichContinue reading “Monday morning round-up (April 6, 2009)”
Contacts
Zoe and I re-watched the Yo Gabba Gabba episode “Differences” that I’d written about before. Previously, I wrote that I was disappointed that Muno got glasses that episode (which has some great songs about wearing glasses), but then he never shows up in glasses again. Turns out I hadn’t watched the full episode. At theContinue reading “Contacts”
For anyone in Kansas City – free children’s eyeglasses
I just ran across this, and called to confirm. Target stores with Optical departments in the Kansas City area are offering free eyeglasses for kids under 12. There appears to be no catch, they’re trying to promote their optical departments. You need to bring in a valid prescription for glasses from their doctor and TargetContinue reading “For anyone in Kansas City – free children’s eyeglasses”
For Little Eyes 