To Sherry & Those Interested- NMT eye doctor in CT

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Hi Sherry -

Wow! We might be in CT and it would be so cool to meet you guys! It

would be great to hear any opinion you might have of this guy or others

you know. Ok- you stumped me - what's the CDSC convention? Does it

include no kids? :-)

Figured I'd send this to the listserve so others can check our this

place if they are interested. I've never heard of an NMT eye doctor.

I'm in the middle of the IEPs and don't have time to research this dr.

yet but here's the info that's cut/paste from our private speech team -

Regarding the vision specialist: His name is Padula. and

I went to a 2 day conference at the Padula Institute of Vision in the

Fall of 2002. It is located at 37 Soundview Road, Guilford, CT 06437

The phone #s I have are: and I have a

website listed as: www.padulainstitute.com

Some info copied directly from the 'Foreword' in his book

'NEURO-OPTOMETRIC REHABILITATION' :

" Neuro-optometric rehabilitation is an individualized treatment regimen

for patients with visual deficits as a direct result of physical

difficulties, brain injuries, and other neurological insults.

Neuro-optometric therapy is a process for rehabilitation of

visual/peceptual/motor disorders. It includes, but is not limited to,

acquired strabismus, diplopia, binocular dysfunction, convergence and/or

accommodation paresis/paralysis, oculomotor dysfunction, visual-spatial

dysfunction, visual perceptual and cognitive deficits, and traumatic

visual acuity loss.

Patients of all ages who have experienced neurological insults require

neuro-optometric rehabilitation. Visual problems caused by traumatic

brain injury, cerebrovascular accident, cerebral palsy, multiple

sclerosis, etc., may interfere with performance, causing the person to

be identified as learning disabled or as having attention deficit

disorder. These visual functions can manifest themselves as

psychological sequelae such as anxiety and panic disorders, as well as

spatial dysfunction affecting balance and posture.

A neuro-optometric rehabilitation treatment plan improves specific

acquired visual dysfunctions determined by standardized diagnostic

criteria. Treatment regimens encompass medically necessary,

non-compensatory lenses and prisms with and without occlusion and other

appropriate medical rehabilitation strategies. "

" Vision problems can profoundly affect function and performance

including posture, balance, orientation in space, object localization,

as well as attention, concentration, and comprehension. "

Thanks,

Mom to 3 under 5 yrs., 2 w/DS