When people are born blind, do they have any concept of vision? And when blindness occurs either in childhood or later on in life, can their visual experiences continue, but in a different way? The brain is an incredible organ
In a blog post in January this year, Back at school after eye surgery, we raised the delicate issue of how much information parents should give to school staff and peers when their child is either returning to, or beginning school with an
The diagnosis of retinoblastoma is devastating for parents. Their young child is in danger from cancer. There may be a sense of urgency. Surgery to remove the eye may be necessary. Loretta McIntyre was five years old when a specialist
It’s only natural for children to feel anxious the first time they come to see us to have an eye fitted. They’ve often been through a lot of treatment and procedures in hospital, and now face yet more attention. The
I’ve just come back from Malaysia and the Middle East where I spread my time between Kuala Lumpur, Bahrain and Dubai. Bahrain is familiar territory to me: I’ve had six trips there over the past twelve years, making eyes for clients
Jean Hartz was a young mother with three children when she was diagnosed with a tumour in her eye. Humour and a matter of fact approach to life helped her deal with her eye loss, as she tells her story
Change is difficult for people of every age. For elderly folk learning new ways does not come as easy as it may have when we were younger. Peter Hackett’s “I Can’t See You†describes the impact of eye loss in
To lose an eye as the result of a minor scratch while gardening is bad enough. This is just what happened to one of our clients. What is extraordinary is that she was even wearing glasses at the time. Ailsa
At last our stocks of SonicBrite Artificial Eye Cleaner have arrived. We have been using this for some time now and we have decided it was time to make it available to our clients for use at home. I think it is
What do you know about the history of the ocularist profession in Australia? In the early days artificial eyes were called glass eyes. Ocularists were referred to as Ocular Prosthetists. We would appreciate any historical information or stories relating to