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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 .
I s tro n g ly e n c o u ra g e p a re n ts
w h o re c e iv e d a v is io n s c re e n
ing re p o rt on a s tu d e n t s h o w in g
P e a rc ia , e v e n a fte r th e d is a s
Please see page 11
d re n b e s c re e n e d , a n d p a re n ts
in O re g o n a re w o rk in g fo r th e
s a m e here.
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