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"Losing your eyesight would be a traumatic and frightening experience for anyone," wrote the BBC. "For an artist who makes a living in the visual arts the experience must be significantly more disturbing. That was the future facing Maurice Harron, one of Northern Ireland's best known artists." Until....
The public is invited to a free web interview with Dr. Susan Barry, neuroscientist, professor and author of Fixing My Gaze. Dr. Barry, recently interviewed by Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air program, is famous for gaining 3D vision as an adult and sharing her experiences in her book, which was just released in paperback.
In honor of August being National Children's Vision and Learning month, the College of Optometrists in Vision Development is sponsoring this FREE 30 minute interview with Dr. Barry on line, "School Crossings: A Neurobiologist's View of How Our System Fails Children With Vision Problems." This meeting is open to parents and educators across the U.S. as well as the media. It will be held on Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 9 pm, EDT.
Seating is limited to the first 1,000 people to respond. To register for this free event, go to: www.joinawebinar.com and enter the webinar ID number, which is 547-423-251, your email address, etc. Just follow the instructions from there.
Jane Lang loves the New York Yankees. She rarely misses a game at the stadium. She commutes two hours on public transportation. What makes her so special? The 67-year-old has been blind since birth. She was honored by the Yankees during Major League Baseball's HOPE (Helping Others Persevere & Excel) Week.
Two Hungarian brothers are making eyewear from old movie reels. See the story on Reuters. You will have to tolerate a 20 second commercial from a Reuter's customer first.
August is also Cataract Awareness Month. Did you know that:
Cataracts are the leading cause of vision loss in the world.
Close to 20.5 million Americans age 40 and older have cataracts.
By age 80, more than half of all Americans will have cataracts.
Most cataracts develop as the body ages. Lights beats the eyes, and over time it hardens and becomes cloudy. When it happens, and it will happen to most of us, your vision will become dull, cloudy or blurred. Cataracts start small and grow. Symptons include:
Painless clouded, blurry or dim vision
Increasing difficulty seeing at night or in low light
Sensitivity to light and glare, seeing halos around lights
Colors seem faded or yellowed
The need for brighter light for reading and other activities
Frequent changes in eyeglass or contact lens prescription
Double vision within one eye.
