[blindkid] Suggestions for keeping a child from injuring his own eyes

Thu Feb 16 20:44:14 UTC 2012

Hi,

When Angelina was little and had eye surgery or started pushing on her eye,
we went to the eye doctor.  Both of her surgeons have an "eye glass" section
and they also sell sport goggles.  They had smaller sizes and they come with
the adjustable elastic strap.  If your friend's child doesn't mind things
like that, it may work.  It bothered Angelina at first but then she got used
to it.  One pair we even changed the strap to make it a softer cotton with
Velcro.

Good luck
Emily

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   1. Suggestions for keeping a child from injuring his own	eyes
      (Kieszak, Stephanie (CDC/ONDIEH/NCEH))
   2. Re: Suggestions for keeping a child from injuring his	owneyes
      (Barbara Hammel)
   3. Hadley eConnect, February 15, 2012 (David Andrews)

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A friend of mine has a child with severe autism.  Last week, he hit his eyes
so hard that he lost vision in the left and had to have surgery to restore
some of the vision in the right.  Now she's worried about how to keep him
from injuring his eye again. Any suggestions?
Thank you.
Stephanie Kieszak-Holloway

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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:39:06 -0600
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I sure wish I'd had an answer for this question a few years ago.  We think 
one of ours has lost all or most of his vision, too, from this same 
behavior.
I get the whole "seeing bright lights" when you poke your eye, but why do 
some of us poke eyes and some don't?  I'll admit it can be a soothing 
behavior.
Our other one has never been an eye poker so he leaves conformers in his 
eyes.  When the poker would leave his conformers in, he didn't poke near as 
much as he does without them.
Barbara

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. -- Carl Sandburg
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From: Kieszak, Stephanie (CDC/ONDIEH/NCEH)
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Subject: [blindkid] Suggestions for keeping a child from injuring his 
owneyes

A friend of mine has a child with severe autism.  Last week, he hit his eyes

so hard that he lost vision in the left and had to have surgery to restore 
some of the vision in the right.  Now she's worried about how to keep him 
from injuring his eye again. Any suggestions?
Thank you.
Stephanie Kieszak-Holloway
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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:27:54 -0600
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Subject: [blindkid] Hadley eConnect, February 15, 2012
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