Willard Bleything.pdf - Optometric Extension Program Foundation

Background and Aims
• Studies support the notion that socially disadvantaged
children are especially at risk for poor health including
vision disorders
• Most of the visual problems are functional involving
binocular vision and visual processing dysfunction
• Lenses and vision therapy remain the treatment of choice
for such disorders, however ….
• Limited access to visual care is a major concern,
particularly in the socially‐at‐risk population of youth