A tactile teaching aid to help children learn how to code has been developed

Professor Arnold Wilkins highlights how fluorescent lighting could be causing eye-strain and headaches in schools and offices

Optometrist and OT ’s multimedia clinical editor, Ceri Smith–Jaynes, shares advice on how to discuss screen time in the testing room with young patients and their parents

A US study has examined rates of ocular injury from household cleaning products

Newly-qualified optometrist and AOP Council member, Josie Evans, discusses the importance of dual monitors during eye exams with young patients

The charity’s new offering is designed to support working age and young people

An increasing number of children sustained ocular injuries from non-powder firearms, including BB, pellet, airsoft and paintball guns

Director of research at Cardiff University, Professor Jeremy Guggenheim, tells OT  about devising a genetic test for identifying children at risk of developing myopia

Locum optometrist at Specsavers, Zeeshan Khalid (pictured), and mother of 10-year-old patient Eve (pictured), Penny Wilson, discuss a referral that led to the identification of a brain tumour

New research has highlighted that 94.7% of three-year-olds exceed the recommended daily limit on screen time of one hour or less