Glimpses
EYE SEE...
Eye Learn Continues
to Grow
Ontario Association of Optometrists
(OAO) is pleased to announce the launch
of Eye See…Eye Learn® in Durham Region.
Eye See…Eye Learn® is a not-for-profit
program designed to detect, diagnose,
and treat children with vision problems,
providing OHIP-insured eye exams and free
glasses to junior kindergarten students in
various regions throughout Ontario.
Many parents don’t know that every child
in Ontario under the age of 19 is entitled
to an annual OHIP-insured eye exam by
a doctor of optometry (a valid Ontario Health
Card is required). Through Eye See…
Eye Learn®, children in Durham Region
starting junior kindergarten this fall will be
eligible to receive their first pair of glasses
free if prescribed through an eye exam by
a participating doctor of optometry.
An important initiative, given that one in
four children has a vision problem and that
80 per cent of classroom learning is visual.
Eye See...Eye Learn® will soon reach
more than 110,000 students with the recent
expansion of the program to Toronto and
now into Durham Region. Eye See…Eye
Learn® will be available in Eastern Ontario
by January 2015 and in Northern Ontario
by July 2016. The program is funded in part
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by the Government of Ontario and administered by Ontario Association of Optometrists in conjunction with more than 40
school boards, community, and industry
partners. Further information is available
at EyeSeeEyeLearn.ca.