In this video, a mother in Malaysia shares her story of how her son’s strabismus (eye turn) was aligned with vision therapy. He had a surgery to correct the eye turn at a young age, but it returned shortly afterwards. This is very common, because an eye turn is not a problem with the eyes or muscles. It is a problem with how the brain is using the two eyes. The brain needs to be taught how to process the visual information from both eyes effectively, otherwise it will return to old habits like shutting off one eye or turning it in/out again to reduce confusion, even if the eyes are initially aligned cosmetically with surgery.

Sometimes, parents think it’s not necessary to try and align the eyes as long as they’re not bothered by the look and the patient has good eyesight. However, good vision is more than just seeing clearly! Your child might be missing out on good depth perception, and you’d be doing him/her a huge disservice. For the boy in the video, not only was he able to straighten his eyes, but he started to see the world in a beautiful, new way!  You don’t know what you are missing if you’ve never experienced it. In the video, he shares how his world changed and everything looked different after vision therapy – he is now able to see space between objects, judge the height of stairs, see layers in tree branches, and more!

Watch the video below to learn more about successful treatment of strabismus  with vision therapy, and the importance of depth perception.