AURORA, Ohio, June 18, 2009 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/
—-Arizona Cardinals’ Wide-Receiver and Pro Bowl MVP, Larry Fitzgerald Encourages Parents to Take Action TODAY
The College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) is launching their annual campaign to educate the public on the steps they can take to ensure their children aren’t struggling with reading and learning because of undiagnosed vision problems.
“The public doesn’t realize that you need over 15 visual skills to succeed in reading, learning, sports, and in life. Seeing ’20/20′ is just one of those visual skills,” says Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona Cardinals 2008 NFC West Champions’ wide-receiver.
During the many pre- and post-Superbowl press interviews, Fitzgerald, explained that one of the keys to his success was having vision therapy as a child. He had a vision problem that was making it difficult to pay attention in school and his grandfather, Dr. Robert Johnson, a developmental optometrist in Chicago, Illinois, diagnosed the vision problem and the appropriate treatment.