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Page 10 The INDEPENDENT, August 1, 2001 Letters to the Editor From page 3 th re e te rm s : Inp u t, p u t-p u t a n d o u tp u t. In p u t is w h a t th e e y e s see; o u tp u t is w h a t th e b ra in d o e s w ith th e in fo rm a tio n it re c e iv e s fro m th e e ye s. P u t-p u t is a fo rm le s s a re a b e tw e e n in p u t a n d o u tp u t. It is v e ry h a rd fo r m e to d e s c rib e , but h e re ’s m y b e s t sh o t. T h e e y e s s e e s o m e th in g a nd th e b ra in k n o w s th e re is s o m e th in g to be m a d e of it. B u t if th is in fo rm a tio n d o e s n ’t fo llo w a kn o w n “ p a tte rn ,” th e in fo rm a tio n is n ’t p ro c e s s e d in a w a y th a t le a d s to e a s y c o m p re h e n sio n. It is N O T d y s le x ic . It has a lot to d o w ith th e e y e s w o rk in g to g e th e r a n d d e liv e rin g a s te a d y s tre a m o f in fo rm a tio n . P e a rc ia ’s v is io n s c re e n in g re s u lts s h o w e d th a t sh e w a s in c a p a b le o f s c a n n in g m a te ria l, h o riz o n ta lly o r ve rtica lly, p rin t e d in a fo n t le ss th a n 12 po in ts; sh e had no d e p th p e rc e p tio n w ith in 3 -4 fe e t o f h e r b o d y and sh e h a d no b in o c u la r visio n . T h e a b s e n c e o f b in o c u la r v is io n m e a n t th a t, a s sh e read, h e r e y e s w o u ld p ick up w o rd s fro m d iffe re n t p a rts o f th e pa g e a n d h e r b ra in w o u ld try to m a ke s e n s e of it. N o d e p th p e rc e p tio n m e a n t th a t s o m e th in g w a s e ith e r 3 fe e t a w a y o r in h e r fa c e ! T h e in a b ility to sc a n in e ith e r d ire c tio n in a s m a lle r le tte r size m e a n t s h e w o u ld c o n tin u a lly lo o s e h e r p la c e w h ile re a d in g . A ll o f th is to g e th e r m e a n t sh e w a s c o n tin u a lly try in g a n d re tryin g to re a d s o m e th in g w ith out u n d e rs ta n d in g . E ven e ith e r o v e r-p re s s u re th e m s e lv e s o r q u it s c h o g l. T h e im p a c t of e ith e r a c tio n is u s u a l ly p e rs o n a liz e d b y th e stu d e n t, m a k in g th e m fe e l "d u m b ” o r “ s tu p id ,” c e r ta in ly n o t a d e q u a te . It c a n e v e n a ffe ct th e m p h y s ic a lly , b e in g o v e r-tire d a fte r re a d in g , o r h a v in g fre q u e n t h e a d a c h e s . E m o tio n a lly, it c a n be d e v a s ta tin g . T h e h a rd e s t p a rt fo r p a re n ts is th e la ck o f k n o w le d g e a b o u t v is io n the ra p y. A n e y e d o c to r m a y tell y o u y o u r c h ild ’s e y e s a re p e rfe c tly h e a lth y , a n d th o u g h sh e c o u ld read! v is io n th e r a p y has been a ro u n d s in c e th e la te 1 9 4 0 ’s, so w h a t’s th e p ro b le m ? I d o n ’t kn o w ; I o n ly kn o w a b o u t th is b e c a u s e w e h a p p e n e d to a sk th e rig h t d o c to r a t th e rig h t tim e a n d he h a p p e n e d to be fa m ilia r M a n y kid s w ith th e sa m e p ro b le m d o o n e of tw o th in g s , w ith it. So, as I opened E lis e ’s e n v e lo p e a n d s a w th e v is io n s c re e n in g re s u lts , I was flo o re d . W e w e re h e a d e d to v is io n th e ra p y fo r a s c re e n in g fo r E lise , d u e to h e r fre q u e n t headaches and P e a rc ia ’s e x p e rie n c e , s o I c a n 't te ll y o u h o w h a p p y I w a s to s e e th e V e rn o n ia S c h o o l D is tric t o n th e c u ttin g e d g e re g a rd in g th is . H o w th a t c a m e c o m e a b o u t is a n o th e r s to ry in itse lf, w h ic h I’ll be happy to s h a re , but not here. P le a se , ju s t k n o w th is, th e p ro b le m s fo u n d w ith v is io n s c re e n in g a re c o m p le te ly fix- a b le w ith th e ra p y. T w o s ta te s in th e U n ite d S ta te s h a v e le g is la t e d th a t all g ra d e s c h o o l c h il tro u s firs t y e a r in c o lle g e , is g ra d u a tin g in J u n e 2 0 0 2 fro m W O U a fte r o n ly fo u r y e a rs in c o lle g e ...w ith o u t th e huge p re s s u re s h e u s e d to p u t h e r s e lf th ro u g h , a n d E lis e b e g in s v is io n th e ra p y in A u g u s t. W e h a v e a s ix y e a r ju m p w ith E lise a n d a n tic ip a te h e r s c h o o lin g b e in g fa r e a s ie r th a n it w o u ld h a v e b e e n . T h is d o e s n ’t g u a r a n te e s h e ’ll g ra d u a te w ith h o n o rs b u t s h e ’ll c e rta in ly b e a h a p p ie r c h ild , p e rfo rm in g to h e r o w n b e s t a b ility w ith o u t h id d e n p itfa lls . B y th e w ay, I u n d e rs ta n d th is is m o re p re v a le n t in b o y s th a n g irls, s o o u r s o n w ill b e n e x t fo r v is io n s c re e n in g , in a fe w fu tu re ? ye a rs . 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