For many war veterans, blindness becomes a bitter legacy (Orlando Sentinel)

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Sgt. David Kinney realized he had a problem when he struggled to read the e-mails his wife sent him in Afghanistan.

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[Karen T Walker]

Thanks for this report.

 

[Kristin Bartlett]

Yikes!

I don't remember hearing about that in optometry school.

 

[AdminWolf]

Thanks for this report.

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Sometimes the stories that it finds are really good, sometimes they are duds. This one was particularly sad.

 

[Karen T Walker]

CE scheduled for this

OEP Foundation is sponsoring 12 hours of CE (7 COPE approved) "Optometric Management of the Visual Consequences of Acquired Brain Injury", which includes traumatic brain injury and cerebral vascular accident.

Presenters are Allen H. Cohen, O.D.,FAAO, FCOVD, and Neera Kapoor O.D., M.S., FAAO.

Evaluation, special accommodations, treatment plans, case presentations, practice management issues such as record keeping and billing are to be included.

This course will be offered in Baltimore, MD July 26 and 27, and in Palo Alto, CA Aug 9 and 10, 2008, at the Palo Alto VA hospital auditorium.

OEP phone number in CA is 949-250-8070. Call for more info if interested or PM me. I just found out about this, and cleared my schedule to attend.