Vision tips
In case this may help, the following are the best SCA6 vision suggestions I have discovered to date: • Find an OT who can & will “think outside the square” for potential solutions. (Age alone won’t necessarily indicate OT effectiveness); • Practice eye focus using a Red Laser-Beam Cat Toy as therapy (designed to increase eye-muscle control); • Get optometrist to add Prisms (for reading glass prescriptions only ) & avoid Bifocals; • Depend on a Walker not just for balance & mobility, but also for visual assistance; • Avoid unfamiliar situations & where there are a lot of people with constant movement & noise (supermarkets, malls, traffic, etc); • Keep Gaze ahead & limit head movement as much as possible. I recently had eye surgery at Mass General in Boston to correct double vision caused by my ataxia. The doctor tightened certain muscles in my eyes to make them move in tandem resolving my double vision. Dr. Gomez found the doctor for