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Published: 7 May 2020 | Updated: 28 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: Myopia makes distant objects look blurred and can progress during childhood. Correcting blur and slowing progression are different goals, and no single management option guarantees that progression will stop.
Published: 25 April 2020 | Updated: 28 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: Myopia makes distant objects look blurred and can progress during childhood. Correcting blur and slowing progression are different goals, and no single management option guarantees that progression will stop.
Published: 23 April 2020 | Updated: 30 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: This 2020 interview discusses contact lenses during the early COVID-19 pandemic. Its review findings and service arrangements are historical. Current lens care requires clean, dry hands, the recommended disinfecting solution and replacement schedule, and advice if the eyes become uncomfortable.
Published: 7 April 2020 | Updated: 28 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: Visual conditions can coexist with learning, reading, attention or coordination concerns, but these concerns are not diagnosed from one eye symptom or behaviour. Eye findings and educational or developmental needs should be assessed separately.
Published: 27 March 2020 | Updated: 30 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: This March 2020 article is retained as historical reporting, not current COVID-19 guidance. Red or irritated eyes have many possible causes and cannot diagnose COVID-19. Eye pain, light sensitivity or a sudden change in vision needs prompt assessment.
Published: 11 March 2020 | Updated: 30 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: Reading discomfort deserves assessment, but it does not establish Irlen syndrome or prove that coloured filters will improve reading. Recognised eye conditions and learning needs should be assessed appropriately. Subjective comfort and reading performance are different outcomes.
Published: 3 March 2020 | Updated: 28 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: Correcting blurred distance vision and slowing myopia progression are different treatment goals. A plan needs individual assessment, practical discussion of benefits and risks, and ongoing review. Population forecasts explain the wider context but cannot determine a child’s treatment.
Published: 16 February 2020 | Updated: 30 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: A distance eyesight chart is one part of assessing a child’s vision. An examination can also consider refraction, eye health and eye coordination when indicated. Reading, behavioural or developmental concerns need appropriate educational or medical assessment as well.
Published: 2 May 2019 | Updated: 30 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: Sports place demands on vision, timing and coordination. Eye care can address diagnosed visual needs, but training cannot promise a sporting career or protection from concussion. Suspected concussion requires removal from play and medical assessment.
Published: 18 December 2018 | Updated: 30 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: ADHD and visual problems can coexist, but similar symptoms do not prove that an ADHD diagnosis is wrong. An eye assessment can identify visual needs; it does not diagnose or cure ADHD. Discuss diagnosis and medication with the treating medical professional.
Published: 2 November 2018 | Updated: 30 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: This family archive describes one infant’s visual development and eye examination. It is not a fixed timetable for every baby. Raise concerns during child-health checks and arrange assessment when advised; a child’s needs depend on history, findings and risk.
Published: 17 October 2018 | Updated: 28 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: Myopia makes distant objects look blurred and can progress during childhood. Correcting blur and slowing progression are different goals, and no single management option guarantees that progression will stop.
Published: 16 November 2017 | Updated: 30 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: Persistent toe walking needs an appropriate medical and gait assessment. An eye examination can address coexisting visual concerns, but the historical prism anecdotes do not establish a reliable treatment for toe walking. Do not delay medical or physiotherapy review on the basis of this article.
Published: 31 August 2017 | Updated: 28 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: Visual conditions can coexist with learning, reading, attention or coordination concerns, but these concerns are not diagnosed from one eye symptom or behaviour. Eye findings and educational or developmental needs should be assessed separately.
Published: 25 July 2017 | Updated: 28 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: Visual conditions can coexist with learning, reading, attention or coordination concerns, but these concerns are not diagnosed from one eye symptom or behaviour. Eye findings and educational or developmental needs should be assessed separately.
Published: 29 June 2017 | Updated: 30 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: Correcting myopic blur and slowing myopia progression are different goals. Do not stop or weaken prescribed glasses because of this historical article. Discuss progression, suitable management options and follow-up with your clinician; no option guarantees that myopia will stop.
Published: 11 April 2017 | Updated: 28 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: Healthy lifestyle habits can support general and eye health, but diet, exercise, hydration or supplements do not replace diagnosis-specific treatment or monitoring.
Published: 30 March 2017 | Updated: 30 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: Anxiety and visual symptoms can occur at the same time, but blurred vision, flashes, tunnel-like vision or other visual changes have many possible causes and should not automatically be attributed to anxiety. Persistent changes deserve assessment, and sudden vision changes can require urgent medical care.
Published: 3 February 2017 | Updated: 30 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: School readiness includes a child’s learning, communication, social and developmental needs. Eye screening and assessment can identify visual needs, but an eye test alone does not determine readiness or guarantee reading success. Raise concerns early with the relevant health and education professionals.
Published: 19 October 2016 | Updated: 28 September 2026 | Author: Smart Vision Optometry. TL;DR Summary: Long periods of screen use can contribute to temporary eye discomfort, dryness and focusing fatigue. Digital-device blue light has not been shown to cause permanent eye disease.
