When it comes to health and wellness, I know that regular screenings and check-ups are important. In addition to our yearly physicals and bi-annual visits to the dentist, we also strive to get yearly eye exams. From speaking to friends and family members, I’ve heard that unless glasses or contact lenses are required, eye health doesn’t necessarily take priority. I am thankful that as a young child, my parents recognized the need for annual vision screening. Despite the fact that I had to begin wearing glasses when I was just seven or eight, I know that this played an integral role in my academic success.
For the last several weeks, I’ve been wearing my new glasses fitted with adaptive lenses by Transitions Optical. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, along with finally being able to see with glasses (my prescription was way out of date), I love the fact that they double as sunglasses when I’m outside, protecting my eyes from the sun’s harmful UV rays.
Eye health is important to both children and adults, and because there is still a considerable knowledge gap, Transitions Optical developed an incredibly resourceful site called Eye Didn’t Know That, which offers content in both English and Spanish. According to the company, one in four children have an undiagnosed vision problem which can interfere with their ability to succeed academically. Eighty percent of what we learn is done visually and the site offers a variety of interactive, educational tools to help parents understand the importance of vision health and how to maintain it. Here are just a few of the resources we found useful:
Games like this Memory Match Game offer quick facts on vision health
In the resource center, parents can locate an Eye-care Professional
Families can submit their eye promise, committing to care for their eyes by visiting a doctor regularly for an eye exam, choosing and wearing proper eye-wear if necessary, protecting eyes from the sun, and encouraging loved ones to take care of their own eyes.
Additionally, Transitions has partnered with the American Diabetes Association to offer free vision screenings in New York later this year at the ADA Expo (November 3rd, 2012). Diabetes is the number one cause of blindness in the US among adults between the ages of 25 to 74 years of age. When you take into consideration the fact that the Hispanic population has a higher incidence of diabetes, preventive vision health becomes even more important.
For more information about vision health, just visit Transitions and Eye Didn’t Know That.
This is part of a sponsored campaign with Latina Mom Bloggers and Transitions Optical. However, all
opinions expressed are my own.
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Eye exams are very important. Luckily my daughter’s school did a basic check and sent a note home for me to have her eyes checked. When I took her in, she needed glasses which I had no idea. Now she does so much better at school and is getting better grades.