What is diagnostic overshadowing? Diagnostic overshadowing can occur when health professionals attribute a person’s symptoms to their learning disability without exploring other factors, such as biological determinants. Lisa Donaldson, Head of Eyecare, Clinical Lead...
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Eye Gaze Essentials | Eye care myths
Lisa Donaldson, Head of Eyecare and Lead Clinical Optometrist at SeeAbility, spoke to us about some of the common eye care myths she has encountered and whether there is any substance to them. "I don't think you'll be able to test their eyes" One of the key messages...
Eye Gaze Essentials | SeeAbility research statistics
SeeAbility have been delivering sight tests and dispensing glasses in special education need schools across England since 2013. They have given sight tests to approximately 1,000 learners with special educational needs. Our CEO, Lee Blemings asks Lisa Donaldson to...
Eye Gaze Essentials | Eye care and complex needs
Eye care and complex needs Lisa Donal犀利士 dson, Lead Clinical Optometrist from SeeAbility discusses eye care and complex needs; the likelihood that a child with complex needs will require ongoing eye care and how an optometrist can assess a child's eyesight. Children...
Eye Gaze Essentials | Lisa Donaldson introduction
Meet Lisa Donaldson, from SeeAbility In the first of our Eye Gaze Essentials series, we introduce Lisa Donaldson of SeeAbility. Lisa is Head of Eyecare, Clinical Lead Optometrist at SeeAbility, and has worked on their children's projects for the past six years....
Eye Gaze Essentials | Strabismus
Lisa Donaldson, Head of Eyecare, Lead Clinical Optometrist at SeeAbility explained to us what strabismus is. She also described how it can affect vision and what to look out for when using eye gaze. What is strabismus? Strabismus has many different names. It can be...
Eye Gaze Essentials | Vision essentials for eye gaze
Vision essentials for eye gaze We ask Lisa Donaldson, Head of Eyecare at SeeAbility what we should look to include if we wanted to create a pre eye gaze, vision essentials checklist. Lisa explains what we need to know about an individuals eyes and what we should be...