Hello everyone, my name is James and I am from Selah. I was thirteen when I came to vision therapy. I had no peripheral vision, I could not see far distances, and I could not read a book because my eyes would blur. When I was in class and I was reading the board, I could not read a word on it, so I would ask my friend to read it to me. My teacher told me to read my book and it was a struggle. My writing was really bad during school because I could not see the line where I was supposed to write at.

When I was working in vision therapy, my teacher could tell I was really improving. There were times I really felt I wanted to be done with it but my family kept me doing my homework. When I did my homework they would give me these tickets and if you had enough you could get a prize like an iPod or GameStop gift cards or other fun stuff. Some amazing stuff in the vision center that really helped my eyes were the bug walk and some other stuff.

Now I am fourteen years old and my eyes are a hundred times better than what they were. I played football this year for Selah Jr. High School. Eye therapy has made a big difference in how I played during football. I got a lot of sacks and tackles this year because I have peripheral vision. I have been doing so well in school that I read 9^th grade books to myself.  Thank you.