Did you know?

•           25% of all school children in the U.S. have a vision problem significant enough to affect learning. Vision and Learning, American Foundation for Vision Awareness. June 1, 2002

•           70% of juvenile delinquents have uncorrected vision problems. Harris, Paul - The Prevalence of Visual Conditions in a Population of Juvenile Delinquents Optometric Extension Program

•           74% of illiterate adults fail the vision screening. Pacific University College of Optometry

•           53% of children of families living in poverty have uncorrected vision problems that interfere with reading, writing, and classroom learning. Gillespie, Kathleen - How Vision Impacts Literacy: An Educational Problem that Can Be Solved. Harvard School of Education, 2001

Possible signs of vision problems:

•           Poor concentration or a short attention span

•           Fatigue

•           Squinting

•           Complaints of seeing double

•           Complaints of blurry vision

•           Losing his place while reading

•           Pointing to words while reading

•           Avoiding close work

•           Rubbing her eyes, or blinking a lot while reading

•           Nausea, dizziness, or headaches after close work