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[quote=Anonymous]Does anyone have a child who has low plus lenses (low power reading glasses)?  Our DD has 20/20 vision, but has been prescribed low plus lenses by a developmental optometrist  for near work.  We brought DD to the optometrist because she has some trouble with confusing letter order in words, and letter orientation (she's 8 y.o.).  She also has complained that the print is blurry when she's reading a book with small font, and she sometimes reads with her head leaning all the way down blocking one eye. On the other hand, she does like to read, and she draws and does crafts it seems with no problem.  I watched the OD do some of the near vision testing with DD, and DD was rubbing her left eye during much of the screening. DD, who is sensory sensitive and I would have thought would be against the notion of wearing glasses, agrees that the low plus lenses help her to read more comfortably and is interested in the glasses. DH however is strongly opposed because he's concerned her vision might deteriorate as a result of relying on the low plus lenses to read. He had a similar vision issue (but not the reading/spelling difficulty) and has had to get progressively stronger prescriptions over the years. I'd appreciate  any other insights others may have as to whether it's a good idea to try low plus lenses for DD in this situation or not. [/quote]

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