more on the perception of glasses
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 […]
Category Archives: in the news
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
For Little Eyes 