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1St Son Is Visually Impaired - When to Try for #2
Asked by L.L. from New York
on February 13, 2009
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My son who just turned 1 is visually impaired and is receiving vision therapy twice a week. Once he begins walking (well) he will also have orientation and mobility tw...
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- Hi L.! I agree that it's up to you, but I also think there may not be one right answer! My second child (a boy) is also visually impaired/legally blind. We knew ...
- Hey L., I think you and your hubby are going to be the only ones capable of making that decision. I would think it would all depend on where your son is as far as h...
- I don't have experience with impairments of any sort, but my thinking is that 3 years would be best in this case. At 3 a child comprehends so much. You'll be more easi...
9 Year Old Needs Vision Therapy, and Is REFUSING to Go.
Asked by L.W. from Columbus
on October 7, 2008
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My daughter complained of pain in her eye and double vision. Not often, or at the same time, but I took her to the optometrist. It turns out that they are separate p...
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- Hi L., It sounds like you have alot on your plate. Here is a hug for you. Ok...Now, first of all aside from her wanting to play with her friends, shes probably scared...
- Hugs to you L.! You are definitely going through alot. Extended divorces are draining enough without adding in everything else. Do you keep a calendar out to note...
- I think you and your ex need to decide to decide. Of course, she's going to want to hang out with her friends at her dad's, but we're talking about her vision here, wh...
Vision Therapy
Asked by K.K. from Reading
on February 15, 2009
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My son is in Kindergarten and has been getting OT for some fine and gross motor skills problems and is showing great progress. He is also getting OT through school. ...
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- I also recommend http://www.simplybrainy.com/ Dr Bowan was my eye doctor when I was in first grade. He knows his stuff.
- I see this issue a lot and seems it is more today maybe because kids are outside less and watching flat things like the tv and computer. I finally found something ...
- http://www.simplybrainy.com/
Vision Therapy & Progressive Lenses - Is This Really Needed?
Asked by S.C. from Houston
on March 5, 2009
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About a year ago we took my daughter-age 8 to an optomatrist to get a check up. We do have a strong need for glasses on my husbands side and figured she might need gl...
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- Sorry for the late response.... I don't know what area you are in, but I have been an optician in the Corpus Christi area for several years. Progressive lenses also ca...
- Try an opthamologist! they deal with the health and condition os the eye:)
- If you are in The Woodlands area--check out Dr. Li, he is adjacent to the Sam's Club in the Portofino center. I know at first I was like no way am I going to an eye d...
Vision Therapy Software
Asked by J.Y. from Chicago
on August 13, 2008
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My 7 year old has convergence insufficiency; her eye muscles are not working together and the optometrist recommended vision therapy software. We are going to an opth...
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- I never used software. My eye doc suggested taking a pencil and holding it about a foot away centered with her nose and slowly move it toward the face, then away. ...
- I purchased a reading program for the whole family and it has eye-brain exercises. It is called eyeQ. It is still new to us but it seems like a great program that no...
- My daughter is 8 and had the same problem. Her doctor was out of wheaton eye clinic. She had lenses worksheets and daily exercise. After 6 months the eyes were work...
Children Who Have Had Vision Therapy
Asked by K.P. from Athens
on May 9, 2008
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Would like to hear from other moms whose children have had vision therapy for an eye that turns in and if it was successful or not. also what I can do at home to help.
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- Hi Kathy, I had vision therapy myself when I was a little girl. My eye turned outward. My parents put me in vision therapy and I used glasses for a while, and they b...
- My son started therapy about 1 year and a half ago. While it progress is slow, we have not been diligent with the excercises and there certainly has been marked improv...
- Hey Kathy, I don't have children who have had to have vision therapy but when I was little I myself did. I had an eye that turned inwards (lazy eye) and the combo of ...
Vision Therapy
Asked by K.K. from Bakersfield
on April 20, 2008
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Has anyone used vision therapy to help with a childs academic problems? My sons teacher has suggested dyslexia however, I do not fully agree. I do on the other hand be...
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- K., When my son was 9, his teacher labeled him as having ADD. This came out of the blue, at the END of the school year, Thus throwing us into mayhem! I also tried vi...
- Hello. This site is supposed to be locally oriented so I'm hoping you live in the Berkeley area. My son also had some issues with early reading and we took him for a...
- My son was having some trouble with reading and vision was one area I needed to rule out. Our peditrician suggested going to UC Berkeley School of Opthamology. For a...
Strabismus Treatment?
Asked by A.S. from Rochester
on June 3, 2008
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Hi,
My 3 year old daughter has strabismus in both eyes, as I had suspected. Her vision is fine and the eye doctor stated that she needs to wear a patch daily, altern...
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- One of my best friend's used the patch with her daughter and had great success. Don't count it out yet! There is an adorable book called "The Patch" about a little b...
- My daughter had this - also diagnosed around age three. It was only in one eye. To keep the patch on, I found letting her choose a fun sticker to put on the patch help...
- There are colorful stick on patches available online. They have lady bug print, dalmatian print and some crazy colors. That's the only way I could get my son to wear h...
Strabisimus or Eye Issues
Asked by D.G. from Corpus Christi
on June 20, 2008
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To everyone and anyone who has had eye problems or issues...
My little boy that is now two years old will be wearing glasses for an extended amount of time and I have...
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- I have a 6 yr old that has glaucoma and she also developed strabisimus. She has had several surgeries for glaucoma and she also has had the strabisimus surgery. We t...
- My 5 year old daughter has Accommodative Esotropia. We see Dr. Musgrove at the Houston Eye Association. She has had this since she was 3. She has gone through many ...
- My little boy is 8 years old and we've been treating it since he was two. We go to pediatric opthomologist O.B.Jackson in Austin, who also did the surgery when he was...
