Canada’s Calgary Herald (8/28, Gray) reported that now that school is back in session, some children may be experiencing vision difficulties that make learning difficult. Calgary optometrist Gaggan Basra, O.D., “says that typically, parents won’t act on getting a child’s eyes checked until a problem is mentioned. While many schools will screen for vision problems, [...]

In continuing coverage from previous editions of First Look, Alabama’s Clanton Advertiser (8/12) reported, “As parents send their children back to school, one of the most important things they can do to help ensure their child’s ability to learn is to take them for an eye exam. The American Optometric Association (AOA) recommends comprehensive eye [...]

In the Eye Man column appearing in California’s Redwood City Daily News (8/14), optometrist Andrew C. Soss, O.D., FAAO, responded to a reader who had enrolled her child in a private school that requires students to undergo eye examinations performed by an eye doctor prior to the start of the school year. The reader had [...]

In an opinion piece in Tennessee’s Chattanoogan (8/12), Jenny Pomeroy, CEO of Prevent Blindness Georgia, wrote, “Since about 80 percent of learning in a child’s first 12 years comes through the eyes, it is very important to ensure that…school-aged children can see properly.” Across the U.S., “five percent of preschool children have significant visual impairment,” [...]