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  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 certa...
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