Even though you don’t think about it often, you live in a 3-dimensional world. You are able to avoid bumping into your furniture only because you can tell how far the couch is from where you’re…

Diagnosing any child is especially challenging and depends on the type of amblyopia. Since a child is usually not able to tell us what they are experiencing, as a parent it’s important to be on a…

Amblyopia, also commonly known as “lazy eye”, refers to a reduction in vision. Unlike other visual disabilities, amblyopia is not directly linked to a problem with the brain’s structure. In other…

It’s a Sunday afternoon and you’re taking a walk through the park. You listen to the birds singing in the trees above, and as you try to avoid a speeding cyclist, a group of children runs past you…

If you ask your child to draw “seeing”, they are most likely to draw a pair of eyes. This is because from early childhood, we are taught to link vision with our eyes. Beauty is in the eyes of the…

When Emily turned three, her parents noticed that her left eye sometimes appeared to be looking in a different direction and usually inwards. They would later explain to their family doctor that it…