Daniel Kish has been blind since he was 13 months old, but has learned to “see” using a form of echolocation. He clicks his tongue and sends out flashes of sound that bounce off surfaces in the environment and return to him, helping him to construct an understanding of the space around him. In a rousing talk, Kish demonstrates how this works and asks us to ...Continue Reading
Free eye exercises for lazy eye
The reason we wear an eye patch when we have a lazy eye is to exercise it by preventing us to rely on the other eye to see. It's important to remember that we are patching to deliberately train the eye. Of course, patching is good, however we can choose to become proactive about this and use other tools to support the patching treatment. 3 ...Continue Reading
Double Vision / Strabismus
Double vision and strabismus simply explained on the TV show "The Doctors" ...Continue Reading
Mind Blowing Visual Illusions
Are you familiar with Richard Wiseman? Richard began his working life as a professional magician and is now, without a doubt, the most followed British psychologist on Twitter. Oh and he loves creating videos with fun visual illusions! See for yourself... This one might surprise you... Keep watching till the end! Did he catch you off-guard? ...Continue Reading
Visual games you can print for children
Here are some printable games you can use at home: Click any of those to download them for free! There are 2 main reasons parents should use visual games and other exercises for lazy eye during a patching treatment: First, it forces the amblyopic eye to focus which is an important part of the healing process. Second, ...Continue Reading
Fun eye exercises to support patching treatment
Who would have guessed playing video games could actually be good for your eyes? Well, even though spending too many hours in front of a computer screen is never a good idea, in the case of amblyopia, playing for a few minutes everyday could be help your eye focus... Enjoy! ...Continue Reading
