{"id":7429,"date":"2020-08-16T20:28:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T20:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/?page_id=7429"},"modified":"2021-08-12T06:40:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T06:40:05","slug":"vision-therapy-for-laziness-success-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/vision-therapy\/vision-therapy-for-children\/checklist-for-parents-2\/vision-therapy-for-laziness-success-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Vision Therapy for \u201cLaziness\u201d: Success Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Personal stories from parents of children who were mislabeled as “lazy”, when a vision problem was the underlying cause.<\/b><\/h2>\n

*Names have been changed for privacy protection.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for a list of more success stories pages, you might just recognize your child in.<\/p>\n

Julian, age 11<\/b><\/p>\n

Julian has always been a very happy child but frequently frustrated when it came to reading and improving his skills in most of the sports he played. I think his frustration became ours and both Dorothy and I felt terrible in hindsight because we thought his problems were caused by lack of focus and laziness.<\/p>\n

We can still remember his reaction, “See, Dad, it’s not my fault!”, after we finally knew that his issues were based on his vision skills. It just about broke our hearts!<\/p>\n

We were encouraged but tentative with the knowledge that, through Vision Therapy, we would see a reduction in his symptoms and improvements in his performance in school and in sports.<\/p>\n

We were embarrassed that although signs were present, we did not recognize some of the signals, like hiding or covering an eye to try and focus when reading, or having headaches after reading.<\/p>\n

We didn’t recognize how a lack of peripheral vision and depth perception affected his sports performance and frustrated his coaches. It’s all very clear to us now.<\/p>\n

We were very lucky that Julian’s teachers had the experience to recognize Julian’s problems and the assertiveness to recommend that we have his vision tested at Dr. X’s clinic.<\/p>\n

We have seen a huge improvement in Julian’s visual skills with regard to his schoolwork, sports activities and everyday life. His reading is smoother, faster, and he comprehends almost immediately. His sports performance has improved and we can see it especially in his soccer and hockey skills.<\/p>\n

We believe this last year of Vision Therapy will forever change Julian’s path in life.<\/p>\n

Dorothy B-C. and Michael C., Julian\u2019s parents<\/b><\/p>\n

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Matthew, age 8<\/b><\/p>\n

In the short time of six months I have seen Matthew go from, “I just can’t do it,” to “It was kind of hard, but this is what I did.” His whole outlook has changed. I knew we were making progress when while working on our therapy one night he said, “Mom, I know which one I am not supposed to see.\u201d<\/p>\n

We have enjoyed these Vision Therapy sessions and will miss them, but just seeing Matthew complete a written report, and not fight to get it done, is great. He will now pick up a book and actually read it\u2014 we used to do everything by audio books.<\/p>\n

His teachers have even remarked that he volunteered to read out loud in class. He has also become a reader at church.<\/p>\n

Kindra H., Matthew\u2019s parent<\/b><\/p>\n

If your child has been told they are ‘lazy, the cause may be an undiagnosed visual problem, contact an eye doctor<\/a> near you, who can discuss how vision therapy can help.<\/strong><\/p>\n

SEE RELATED:<\/strong> Why Is My Child Color Blind?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t

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