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Vision Links

Attention Deficit Disorder and Vision
Is it really ADD/ADHD? Or is it an undetected vision problem?

Convergence Insufficiency, Tracking Problems, Reading Problems
This article by an eye doctor explains how and why convergence insufficiency causes problems with reading and learning. See the illustrations!

Dyslexia and Vision
The American Academy of Optometrists and the American Optometric Organization discuss vision, learning-related vision problems, and dyslexia.

visionandlearning.org

Vision Therapy and Learning Disabilities (LDs)
As part of an interview, an eye doctor discusses whether Vision Therapy helps learning disabilities or learning-related vision problems.

General Resources

What is Vision Therapy?
Various definitions of Vision Therapy by American Optometric Association, eye doctors, and patient advocates.

National Directory of Eye Doctors
Find an eye doctor in another state. This directory provides free referrals to eye doctors who offer specialized services, such as vision therapy, neuro-optometric rehabilitation, therapeutic lenses, preventive care, etc.

Vision Therapy FAQs
An eye doctor answers questions about Vision Therapy in an interview.

Vision Therapy Research and Medical Literature

PAVE -- Parents Active for Vision Education

More Success Stories

What is a Complete Eye Exam?
It is not enough to test the clarity of eyesight at a distance of 20 feet (known as 20/20). A complete visual evaluation tests many aspects of vision.

Optometrists and Ophthalmologists
What are the differences in practice focus between a pediatric optometrist and a pediatric ophthalmologist?

Choosing an Eye Doctor
Comments by educators on choosing pediatric vision care for a child.

Vision Glossary
Build your visual health vocabulary!

Binocular Vision Impairments

Binocular Vision
How does it work? Why do we need it?

Lazy Eye, Crossed-Eyes, Strabismus, etc.
A large web site with many pages of easy-to-understand information on lazy eye, crossed-eyes (strabismus), eye muscle surgery, binocular vision impairments, and much more.

Eye Muscle Surgery and Vision Therapy
Answers to the most frequently asked questions regarding eye turns, lazy eye, and eye muscle surgery. Surgical treatment does not have impressive success rates for these conditions.

3D Stereo Vision

Eye Doctors and 3D Vision
Eye doctors use stereoscopic 3D images to develop and reinforce 3D vision.

The Stereo Vision Project
What is stereo vision? What is a binocular vision impairment?

vision3d.com
Learn to see in 3D! Visit the 3D Art Gallery and view Magic Eye stereograms, stereo photographs, optical illusions, and much more.

3-D Pictures
New York Times Science Times: How do you see 3D pictures?

Optometric Organizations

Optometrists Network
A national network of optometrists.

B.A.B.O.
Baltimore Academy for Behavioral Optometry

COVD -- The College of Optometrists in Vision Development
An international professional organization which grants board certification in Vision Therapy to optometrists.

AOA -- The American Optometric Association
Organization of 32,000 optometrists.

OEP -- Optometric Extension Program Foundation
Serving the educational needs of optometrists.

visionhelp.com
A Network of Behavioral Optometrists

There's more to healthy vision than 20/20 eyesight!
Learn more about symptoms of visual problems which
affect reading, learning, sports and quality of life.

The URL of this web site is http://www.vision-learning.com.

- Rachel Cooper

This site is hosted at www.optometrists.org and is part of the www.vision3d.com network. The vision3d network provides free vision therapy education and referrals to the public via the Internet. See our many patient education web pages at Links.