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Children With CVI Can See, but Their Brains May Struggle to Make Sense of What They See

Children With CVI Can See, but Their Brains May Struggle to Make Sense of What They See

Cerebral/cortical visual impairment can leave children struggling to understand what they see even when an eye exam appears normal. Christine Roman-Lantzy’s decades of work show...
Vision To Learn Builds Opportunity for Children, One Pair of Glasses at a Time

Vision To Learn Builds Opportunity for Children, One Pair of Glasses at a Time

Vision To Learn is bringing free vision screenings, eye exams, and glasses directly to children in Detroit. Its school-based approach shows how access to clear...
Atopic Dermatitis Linked to Higher Retinal Detachment and Surgical Complication Risk

Atopic Dermatitis Linked to Higher Retinal Detachment and Surgical Complication Risk

A large U.S. cohort found higher rates of retinal detachment, retinal repair, and postoperative complications among adults with atopic dermatitis, adding retinal health to the...
Prevent Blindness Raises Concerns Over Proposed Head Start Vision Screening Changes

Prevent Blindness Raises Concerns Over Proposed Head Start Vision Screening Changes

Prevent Blindness is raising concerns about proposed changes to Head Start vision screening requirements. The debate goes beyond policy language, focusing attention on why consistent...
Back-to-School Wellness: Health Checkups That Help Children Start Ready

Back-to-School Wellness: Health Checkups That Help Children Start Ready

Back-to-school preparation is about more than supplies and schedules. Medical, dental and eye care can help identify health concerns that may affect a child’s comfort,...
Pediatric Refractive Error Care Gaps in Northern Sri Lanka

Pediatric Refractive Error Care Gaps in Northern Sri Lanka

Research from Teaching Hospital Jaffna in Northern Sri Lanka found low effective refractive error coverage among schoolchildren with refractive errors. The findings point to a...
Why Functional Vision Matters for Children with Visual Impairment

Why Functional Vision Matters for Children with Visual Impairment

Functional vision helps show how children with visual impairment use their remaining vision in daily life. A recent PLOS One study connects daily independence with...
How AI Could Make Autism Screening More Accessible

How AI Could Make Autism Screening More Accessible

Researchers at Penn Engineering and the Kennedy Krieger Institute are developing CAMI-2DNet, an AI tool that uses ordinary video to assess children’s motor imitation. The...
How Eye Scans May Help Researchers Detect Alzheimer’s Earlier

How Eye Scans May Help Researchers Detect Alzheimer’s Earlier

Mayo Clinic researchers are exploring how retinal imaging and artificial intelligence may help identify patterns linked to Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms appear. The work highlights...
Why Early Vision Screening Matters for the Next Generation

Why Early Vision Screening Matters for the Next Generation

Early vision screening can help identify children who need follow-up care before visual challenges affect learning, confidence, and daily life. Community programs, school screenings, parent...
Vision Screening for Children With Special Needs: Adapted Protocols and Evidence-Based Tools

Vision Screening for Children With Special Needs: Adapted Protocols and Evidence-Based Tools

Children with ASD, cerebral palsy, and developmental delays require adapted vision screening protocols that go beyond standard pass/fail testing. This guide covers evidence-based tools, instrument-based...
A sharply focused near vision testing card in the foreground of a modern optometry exam lane, with a blurred distance eye chart visible in the background.

Near Vision Testing: Why Distance Charts Fail Modern Patients

Distance-only acuity testing misses critical near and intermediate vision problems affecting billions of patients worldwide. Learn why standardized near vision testing belongs in every modern...
How to Equip a Sports Vision Assessment Practice for High School Athletes

How to Equip a Sports Vision Assessment Practice for High School Athletes

A practical, tiered equipment guide for optometrists building a sports vision assessment service line, covering depth perception testing, eye tracking tools, binocular coordination instruments, and...
Why the Diabetic Eye Exam Measure Still Matters in Medicare Advantage Star Ratings

Why the Diabetic Eye Exam Measure Still Matters in Medicare Advantage Star Ratings

CMS’s decision to retain the diabetic eye exam measure in Medicare Advantage Star Ratings keeps preventive vision care visible within diabetes management. The decision also...
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What China’s SPECS 2030 Work Shows About Expanding Access to Clear Vision

WHO’s feature on China’s SPECS 2030 work shows how mobile clinics, school-based screening, digital tools, and stronger referral systems can bring refractive error services closer...
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