These glasses hurt me. My hearing aid is annoying. And when I wear my braces, I can't talk properly. There comes a point in every child's life when she or he is told to put on something they don't ...

Why do so many kids need glasses now? In optometry school, she had been taught—as American textbooks had been teaching for decades—that nearsightedness, or myopia, is a genetic condition.

A study of children at King County Juvenile Center in Washington found that 80% had uncorrected vision issues. Vision To Learn's mobile clinics bring the solution every day to kids at school.

it sends out care packages around the world to kids who need glasses or surgery. there’s a t shirt, a little toy and a card with inspiring messages like you’re rocking those glasses.

Truffles the cat wears glasses and is helping his owner, Danielle Crull, make kids feel good about wearing their own glasses to see better. Truffles the cat is helping kids feel great about their ...

An adorable cat named Truffles helps put children at ease during their trip to the optician - by wearing her own pair of glasses. Five-year-old Truffles was rescued from a church parking lot in ...

Vision to Learn has screened about 400 kids and 160 have shown they need to take the next step and take an eye exam. Kleiner Vargas has his eyes checked to find the right prescription for his glasses.

Derek Blank, a dentist at DC Pediatric Smiles in Bethesda, says most of the kids in his chair with clear aligners are in that second phase. However, he has patients as young as eight wearing invisible ...

a group of kids in south sacramento just got a gift that may help them with everything from reading to sports. 20 students got pairs of new glasses from the nonprofit vision to learn.