My son is 11 years old. When he was 2, he was diagnosed with autism and at theage of 7 he received his first pair of glasses. He was excited and chose a pair hefelt made him look like a spy. They had blue frames and made him look veryhandsome.Given his diagnosis, we anticipated some […]

When I was in seventh grade we had some Swimming training in School. One time a classmate watched me squinting at the timetable and she saidto me without her glasses she can not read the table as well.On our way home she advised me to have an eye-exam because she was pretty sure that I’m

Oh say, can you see? First gradeThe school nurse said ‘eye doctor.’Peering through her own wire frames Mother said‘She’s too pretty to wear glasses.’Second gradeCrash! I bump into my sister’s bike.‘Looks like she needs gl. . . .’To Daddy,Mother said‘She’s too pretty to wear glasses.’Third gradeEmpty Easter basket at the hunt.‘I didn’t see any eggs.’To

A friend….lived in a big tent with two other roommates, up in the mountains. One evening she went to the shower tent. She was very near-sighted, but had taken her glasses off to go to the shower. She came back into the tent and found her roommate there, on her side of the tent. My

I first played Little League baseball at age 11. My batting average was an underwhelming 0.037. Before the next season, my mild myopia was corrected. That year I batted 0.395. Sure, some of it was just being a year older but I think the major cause of the improvement was the glasses. The other memory

I have had glasses for over 50 years now. When I lose them (Misplaced is a better word), I always have to stop what I am doing to find where they are. I cannot imagine what people go through who have vision problems. This is one of those great inventions that we take for granted–until

I was born in a remote village in the Himalayas. As a young boy, I used to be surprised when my friends pointed far at the distance and counted Yaks on the mountain. I could not see far. I also had trouble reading the letters the teacher wrote on the black board. I used to

I have had a life long fascination with optical devices and used corrective eye glasses or contact lenses my entire life.. Recently, I was asked to post something about my experiences,. as a contact lens wearer.At the age of 14, I became a hard plastic contact lens wearer. What I remember most vividly was the

It was a lot of fun to have read the various stories that have been shared here regarding our love/hate relationship with our eyeglasses. Each story being as unique as the eyewear chosen in developing that relationship. Whether you love them or hate them, the fact is, just about every one of us during our

Why I Prefer Glasses(To Contacts) Spencer Di Scala(For the Glasser project) Throughout my life, I have preferred eyeglasses to contacts. I was not quite sure why until I thought about it lately. Perhaps it was because when I started wearing glasses, contact lenses did not exist, so far as I know, or because I have