Myself Praveen!

"Iam Pravin! I am in Class 9 now. I am very keen to study MBA and joining Govt. Administrative services. With new low vision devices Iamconfident of achieving my dream.  Iam  top ranker in my school!"

This is a case study of Master Pravinkumar Bhonsale,18 year old boy who was identified to be a low vision patient during the screening programme conducted by Lotus College Of Optometry, Juhu, Mumbai at Victoria Memorial Blind School,Tardeo,Mumbai.

He was diagnosed to have Optic Atrophy and was studying in Braille since many years. He had been integrated to a regular school in Std.8 and was using regular Marathi script with reader / writer facilities during examination. He wanted to stop Braille and use residual vision.

"He was referred at Lotus College of Optometry, Juhu, Mumbai. On examination was found to have 1.8 and 1.4 LogMar visual acuity for distance and 1.14 & 0.7 Logmar acuity for near. He was given 6X telescope for distant vision for copying from the Blackboard and was advised to use 20D spectacles for near use. On trial of these devices his vision improved to 0.62 LogMar with telescope for distance and with use of +20.D his near visual acuity improved to 0.8M. Along with these devices he was also given a typoscope and a letter writer guide by which he was comfortable using them" says Hiral Korani Sr. Optometrist Mumbai Eye Care Campaign.

" Iam very glad!" reacts Praveen.