Alaska Blind Child Discovery
A
cooperative, charitable research project to vision screen every preschool
Alaskan
Koyukon ABCD Screening
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Starting
in the Spring of 2003, Missionary Roger Huntington has flown ABCD screeners
to villages in the Koyukon Region offering free enhanced vision screening
and confirmatory exams for pre-schoolers and younger elementary students.
ABCD History
Kids Eye Disorders
Amblyopia
Missionary Pilot Roger Huntington and GCS student Andrew Arnold display objective pre-school vision screen technology before flying Roger's Piper Pacer from Koyukuk to Nulato.
Vision Screening
Issues
ABCD Clinics
References
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Infants and younger children had confirmatory exams (cycloplegic refractions plus dilated retinal exams) to determine if they had amblyopia. WAMI medical student, Dustin Lang holds durable "Bambino" frame spectacles which were mailed to the children with amblyopia.
