Deborah Eileen Giaschi

Skylar was a great artist who had lots of friends in kindergarten, but she struggled to read the word “cat” and often wrote a few of her letters backwards. She felt different from other kids, so she was keen to participate in a BC Children’s Hospital project to see if her brain was wired differently…

Amblyopia, or lazy eye, affects about 100,000 Canadian children, but recent research suggests its definition may need to be updated.