Josh R.

“Before vision therapy, I wasn’t able to read as fast as I can now. Also, I had very bad grades. Now, I can take notes easier and take tests easier. I’m able to finish my homework quicker. Now, after therapy, I don’t have near as many headaches as I used to. Vision therapy has helped me with my vision in many ways. My family and I thank the vision therapists for all they have done for me.”

Alex M.

“Alex was always a bright and inquisitive boy who very much looked forward to starting school. In kindergarten, his teacher spoke of his excitement to learn and participate; however, he was at the low end of the scale in his ability to remain focused. In first grade he began struggling with flashcards. He would recognize a word once then act like he had never seen it before the next. He hated to read but otherwise loved school. No matter how long we worked on reading and word recognition, he still struggled. While reading, he would correctly read long complicated words but misread short connector words. He began vision therapy and by the end of 9 months, he improved from C’s to A’s in reading. Thank you for helping Alex!”

Stacy B.

"Before vision therapy, I was having problems with chronic migraines, reading comprehension and when I was in school I struggled severely with test anxiety. I suffered from chronic migraines for over eight years. They began my junior year of high school and I saw several doctors including neurologists from Cincinnati Children’s hospital. Though I knew it was a problem with my eyes, my optometrists kept telling me my vision was perfect, 20/20. I told my neurologists that I knew, even though my vision was perfect, that the problem was caused by my eyes, but they diagnosed my migraines as hereditary even though no one else in my family suffered from migraines. By going on medication I was able to get my migraines under control, but only temporarily. They returned again my senior year in college and I had suffered with them for another 3 years before I met Dr. Danley.

Not only did Dr. Danley recognize my symptoms almost immediately upon our first visit but she was so compassionate toward the struggle I had been through for the last 8 years. With the help of Dr. Danley and her EXCELLENT staff, I am now nearly 3 months migraine free which has turned me into a new person! My grandmother recently told me, “Stacy, you’ve got that sparkle back in your eye! You look great!” And I told her it was because I was finally feeling like myself again. I wasn’t a zombie going through life in extreme pain every day, I was 100% me and it was great to feel that way again. For so long my migraines kept me from doing a lot of things in my life, socially, educationally and professionally, but they won’t hold me back anymore!

I am so excited to learn more about psychology, which has always fascinated me but I was afraid to study it in college because of my test anxiety and was unable to read books about it because I couldn’t comprehend the information. Nothing is holding me back anymore and I owe it all to Dr. Danley and her team. I am so thankful for their persistence and their patience! And while the therapy was intense at times and was a huge commitment, as I had to do it nearly every day, it was definitely worth it and I’m so glad I pushed through it even when it was hard.

Since starting this journey, I have shared it with nearly everyone I know and I hope to help others by sharing my experience so they do not have to suffer as long as I did."

Olivia N.

“In third grade, it became apparent that Olivia was having an issue with schoolwork and homework. The school where she attended taught in a spiral manner – that is, they would work on a skill for a week, go to another skill, and eventually, several weeks later come back to the original skill and build on it. However, Olivia could not remember the skills, particularly with regard to math. She would have to completely relearn the skill and could not advance in that skill. She could not remember her multiplication tables, have difficulty with adding and subtracting multiple digit numbers, had difficulty with telling time, and even though she could read any book you put in front of her, she would have no idea what she had just read.

Homework would typically take 2 hours, many tears, much frustration and everyone would be exhausted. Within minutes of starting homework, she would be in tears crying that it was too difficult. It was time to find out what was going on.

Olivia is a very introverted person, very bright, but would typically not be the child who would ask questions in class, nor would she cause any sort of a disruption. Therefore, with regard to school, they were not seeing a problem. The teacher advised us to let her do her work, make her errors, do not correct her and let them see what was going on.

At this point, we went to see a psychologist to rule out ADD/ADHD. After some evaluations, that was ruled out. The psychologist did suggest that the school do a series of testing for possible learning disabilities.
By the time we were able to have this done, we had moved on to fourth grade. There had been an administration change in the front office, and we had a teacher who had the belief that there was no problem, and told us so to our faces. We held firm because we knew something wasn’t right. We knew Olivia was having problems with school work. She was a bubble child, she was in danger of slipping through the cracks, she had already stated that she didn’t like school and we had too many years to go to allow someone else to tell us that there was not a problem, when we knew there was. It was quite obvious that the school was not willing to help us and we were not going to stand by and not find help for our child.

While sitting in the school office one day, I noticed one of those local free parent magazines and there was an article by Dr. Christine Danley, “Is it ADD/ADHD or is it a Vision Problem?” Long story short, when the school testing indicated that there were no learning problems, we chose to see Dr. Danley.

Dr. Danley diagnosed Olivia with vision deficiencies and we began vision therapy in February 2011 and went forward. For me, (Olivia’s mom), having lived with a visual problem all my life that was similar to Olivia’s, this was something I personally wanted my child to overcome. So we went into vision therapy with full force.

There were time when it wasn’t fun, or we weren’t in the mood, or it was inconvenient. We pushed each other and did it anyway. And the results are amazing! The first time Olivia looked at the pictures and could tell me what pictures look like as they “pop” out of the page, I cried. Our child no longer cries when there is homework, no longer cries it is too hard, but instead sits down and does her homework in a timely fashion. She is attending a local charter middle school, which is a college prep school, with high expectations and her first semester she had a 3.16 GPA. She has more confidence, better self esteem, and is enjoying reading for the first time!

Vision therapy has changed Olivia’s life for the better. We are so thankful to Dr. Danley, Maria and the entire staff of Center for Vision Development (Where Vision Miracles Happen) for helping our daughter.

I can tell you, from personal experience that it is tough to go through life with no stereo-vision and no depth perception, and now our daughter does not have the same fate. The world is wide open to her. Thank you Center for Vision Development!"