Light Therapy

This is for anyone who's child has some sight. Elena's eye doctor told me about light therapy which one of his colleagues does. One of his patients was a blind women in her 50's. She had a tiny amount of sight. Everyday for 30-60 minutes he had her hold a flashing light right next to her eyes. Every 10 minutes or so she'd switch which eye she held the light in front of. After months of this, she began to gain some sight. She now sees some light.The doctor told me about the first time she went outside, after gaining some sight. She got scared because she'd never seen the sun before. She had never seen light. Her vision is nowhere near normal but some sight is better than no sight.

The thinking behind this is that by constantly having that light near the eyes it kind of re-teaches the optic part of the brain how to see. I don't know if this works with every blind person or just those with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (like Elena) but it's probably worth a try.