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  • A Dog's Life - ...Do you treat your dog like a member of the family? A recent study found that people who think of animals as children tend ...
    Posted on 08/23/2010
  • Can Your Child See, Really See? - From EducationNews.org ..."Many children have 20/20 eyesight, yet still have vision problems. They can read an eye chart just...
    Posted on 08/23/2010
  • Back To School Eye Examinations - ...According to the Better Vision Institute, one in four children who entered kindergarten in the United States last year are...
    Posted on 08/23/2010
  • Autism Diagnosed with a Fifteen Minute Brain Scan (Video) - ...A new technique ...uses a fifteen minute MRI scan to diagnose autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The scan is used to analyz...
    Posted on 08/23/2010
  • Autistic kids process sound, vision differently than others - ...Scientists have found solid evidence that kids with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) process sensory information such as so...
    Posted on 08/23/2010
  • The Artists of Casa Italia 2010: ConNeXxions Art Exhibition

    08/24/2010 | Posted by Dr. Mary McMains
    The Artists of Casa Italia Present ConNeXxions:Inspired by Forebearers Gala Opening & Artists’ Reception Chandelier Room ...

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    A Dog's Life

    08/23/2010 | Posted by Dr. Mary McMains
    ...Do you treat your dog like a member of the family? A recent study found that people who think of animals as children tend ...

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    Can Your Child See, Really See?

    08/23/2010 | Posted by Dr. Mary McMains
    From EducationNews.org ..."Many children have 20/20 eyesight, yet still have vision problems. They can read an eye chart just...

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    Back To School Eye Examinations

    08/23/2010 | Posted by Dr. Mary McMains
    ...According to the Better Vision Institute, one in four children who entered kindergarten in the United States last year are...

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    Autism Diagnosed with a Fifteen Minute Brain Scan (Video)

    08/23/2010 | Posted by Dr. Mary McMains
    ...A new technique ...uses a fifteen minute MRI scan to diagnose autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The scan is used to analyz...

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    Autistic kids process sound, vision differently than others

    08/23/2010 | Posted by Dr. Mary McMains
    ...Scientists have found solid evidence that kids with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) process sensory information such as so...

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    iPad Apps for Autism and Asperger's Syndrome from a Mom

    08/23/2010 | Posted by Dr. Mary McMains

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    O. Ivar Lovaas, Pioneer in Developing Therapies for Autism, Dies at 83

    08/23/2010 | Posted by Dr. Mary McMains
    [1] ...O. Ivar Lovaas, a psychologist who developed one of the most widely used therapies for children with autism, and in d...

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    Sledding Injuries Common in Kids, Can Be Severe

    08/23/2010 | Posted by Dr. Mary McMains
    ...Between 1997 and 2007, almost 230,000 patients were treated in U.S. emergency departments for sledding injuries, for an av...

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    Strabismus In Childhood May Bring Discrimination From Other Children (News Video)

    08/23/2010 | Posted by Dr. Mary McMains
    ...Children begin to notice and possibly discriminate against children with strabismus starting at about age 6, according to ...

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    National Children’s Vision and Learning Month Interview with Dr. Susan Barry of “Fixing My Gaze”

    08/22/2010 | Posted by Dr. Mary McMains
    There are a handful of books that are written by non-optometrists that have a large impact on optometry and vision therap...

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    Back to School Vision Checklist - An Interview with Dr. Carl Hillier

    08/20/2010 | Posted by Dr. Mary McMains
    One of the leading experts on children's vision, Dr. Carl Hillier, is interviewed and provides a helpfull list of things for ...

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    Treat the Child Not the Diagnosis

    08/15/2010 | Posted by Dr. Mary McMains
      [1] The first photos arrived. The baby didn’t look “quite right.”  But all newborns are “funny-looking,” I told m...

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    A Hidden Epidemic? Parent Back-to-School Oversights – by an MCO Intern

    08/13/2010 | Posted by Dr. Mary McMains
    [1] [2] [3] The summer is winding down, and back-to-school is on almost every parent’s thoughts. As a “doctor in trainin...

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    Help your child become a piano virtuoso with simple finger exercises!

    08/01/2010 | Posted by Dr. Mary McMains
    What if your child is struggling to play the piano? Let say he is a bright 10 year-old boy who finds playing the piano diffic...

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    Help your child become a piano virtuoso with simple finger exercises!

    08/01/2010 | Posted by Dr. Mary McMains
    [1]What if your child is struggling to play the piano? Let say he is a bright 10 year-old boy who finds playing the piano...

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    Children Vision Problems and why some doctors don’t tell you… Answers found with Cats who Succeed

    07/19/2010 | Posted by Dr. Mary McMains
    In my private practice that specializes in vision therapy, the majority (about 70%) of our patients find their way to my c...

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    Children Vision Problems and why some doctors don't tell you... Answers found with Cats who Succeed

    07/19/2010 | Posted by Dr. Mary McMains
    In my practice that specializes in vision therapy, the majority (about 70%) of our patients find their way to my care from a ...

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    Choose Prevention

    07/08/2010 | Posted by Dr. Mary McMains
    Many disabilities, including visual disabilities, cannot be prevented.  They result from genetic disorders, disease proces...

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    The Hole in the Hand…a look into the neural software of the visual brain

    07/05/2010 | Posted by Dr. Mary McMains
    [1]Last Thursday, July 1, 2010 it was my pleasure to present to the 3rd year students in their Vision Therapy Course at m...

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