Eyes Apart: Living with strabismus

Strabismus got you down? This will lift you up!

Lois (admin) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:50:15 +0000

Brett shared the url to this video in our Eyes Apart Strabismus Support group recently. Brett writes, “If strabismus seems like a barrier to living our dreams and gaining acceptance, just imagine the hurdles these two beautiful dancers have managed to overcome.” The ballet “Hand in Hand” is performed by Ma Li and Zhai Xiaowei, [...]

New fun video game offers vision training in minutes a day!

Lois (admin) — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:51:34 +0000

Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day is a new video game for Nintendo DS. It’s designed to improve hand-eye coordination, focus, and peripheral vision through a series of fun games. Flash Focuswas developed in Japan and is distributed there as well as in Europe, the UK, and Australia as “Sight [...]

Would you trade part of your life expectancy to be rid of strabismus?

Lois (admin) — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 03:10:10 +0000

David Marshall writes: Dr. David Guyton at the Wilmer Eye Institue of Johns Hopkins sent this to me along with some other articles, but this one is a very powerful reminder of how crippling strabismus can be to those of us who suffer from it. It is a study conducted by George R Beauchamp, [...]

Intimidated by the creeping shadow of strabismus? Here’s help!

Lois (admin) — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:57:19 +0000

The following item is edited and used by permission from a letter posted by David Marshall recently in our Eyes Apart Strabismus Support group. David wrote: I often wonder if my strabismus is much like a shadow on the wall. There are days when it looms so large over me all I want to do [...]

Social confidence with lazy eyes

Lois (admin) — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:22:49 +0000

The following item is edited from a letter posted by shayla last month in our Eyes Apart Strabismus Support group. It’s hard for some people to accept being referred to as having “lazy eyes.” We know that strabismus eyes work much harder than normal eyes. Shayla used this term about herself with confidence, [...]

Lazy eye amblyopia research study

Lois (admin) — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 06:22:04 +0000

According to the European research news resource, AlphaGalileo.Org, “Researchers at the University of Bradford are seeking volunteers for a study into the condition ‘amblyopia’ which is more commonly known as ‘lazy eye’.” According to this report, the study will be done using a “new state-of-the-art Optical Coherence Tomographer…used to examine the structure of the eye in [...]

Blogging again and better than ever!

Lois (admin) — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:49:43 +0000

Our site has been down over a week after an upgrade of the blogging software. Part was due to incompatibilities with some of our older plugins and our theme template as well. So we’ve had a face lift! I hope you’ll find our site easier to use and more helpful than ever. [...]

Photos of rectus eye muscle strabismus surgery in progress

Lois (admin) — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:04:59 +0000

I’ve been asked several times if I know of any photos on the net of strabismus surgery in progress. I came across these photos a few weeks ago. I’ve been hesitant to publish them, because while it may help relieve fears for some to see what is actually being done, others facing the surgery may [...]

My strabismus: Two lazy eyes like 2 unruly two-year-olds!

Lois (admin) — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:25:44 +0000

Those of us who have strabismus do not like to be referred to as having a lazy eye. We are not lazy. Because our eyes don’t work right, we often have to work much harder to accomplish a task than those who have normal vision. But if any form of strabismus could be referred [...]

President Abraham Lincoln: A great man with a drifting eye

Lois (admin) — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:26:39 +0000

President Abraham Lincoln had a rugged, somewhat homely look. Now scientists say that Lincoln’s face, which it’s said was often the brunt of ridicule, was distorted due to a medical condition called cranial facial microsomia. The result was that the left side of his face, including the eye socket, was much smaller than [...]