Through My Eyes: What If You Were the Patient?
By Daniel Morgan-Williams, Founding Director of Visualise Training and Consultancy Imagine waking up one morning and the world is not as sharp as it was yesterday. Street signs blur into a grey haze, the numbers on your phone are faint shadows, and the newspaper you usually devour might as well be printed in another language….
Case Study: Gavin – The HR Officer in the Spotlight
Dan Morgan-Williams, founder of Visualise Training and Consultancy, examines the hidden barriers that face employees with visual challenges. Background: Gavin is a confident, sharp-witted HR Officer in a busy office. He lives with photophobia, a condition where bright or artificial light causes discomfort, eye strain, and headaches. He also has reduced contrast sensitivity, meaning bold…
Why Eye Care Beyond the Diagnosis Must Evolve in 2025
By Dan Morgan-Williams, Founder of Visualise Training and Consultancy Losing your vision is life-changing — so why are we still doing so little to support people through it? In 2025, we live in an age of AI, virtual reality, and digital health solutions — yet the experience of being diagnosed with a visual impairment remains,…
Rain Eye Drops launches first-ever dispenser aid for single-use eye drops
Dispenser aid developed under exclusive rights from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs LAS VEGAS, NV – July 2025 — Rain Eye Drops LLC, a leader in preservative-free eye care solutions, has announced the launch of the RainDrop Dispenser Aid, a newly refined device exclusively licensed from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This…
Measurement of Vision
PO Box 1097 Newcastle 2940, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa E-mail: pauleyes@mweb.co.za INTRODUCTION Visual impairment (VI) and the delivery of accessible eye care remain major challenges in South Africa and many other countries. The traditional Snellen chart is used to measure visual acuity (VA) which is used as a useful yardstick to evaluate the level of impairment….
Which is better, spectacle lenses or contact lenses?
PO Box 1097 Newcastle 2940, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa E-mail: pauleyes@mweb.co.za INTRODUCTION Spectacle lenses (Class A) and contact lenses (Class B) are registered as medical devices with the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA)1. Both spectacle lenses and contact lenses are important vision-correcting devices. In the majority of cases, the patient has a choice of…
A New Approach to Subjective Refraction
ABOUT THE AUTHORS Adèle Longo earned her optometrist certification after completing a programme at the Institut des Sciences de la Vision in Saint Etienne, France. In 2011, she joined Essilor’s Research and Development department, working in the low-vision research centre at the Institut de la Vision in Paris to improve functional evaluations of patients with low vision. She currently…
Scleromalacia Perforans Management
Introduction Scleromalacia perforans, sometimes referred to as anterior necrotising scleritis, is characterised by thinning of the sclera and cornea in patients with rheumatoid arthritis as well as certain systemic diseases. This is a progressive disease that has the potential to result in blindness. Epidemiology of scleromalacia perforans The disease is of autoimmune origin causing chronic…
A Novel Method of Inserting Contact Lenses
Introduction Most people have a morbid fear of something (eyedrops and contact lenses included) going into the eye. Seeing the contact lenses or someone else’s hand loom towards the eye sets off panic and distress. So, when these patients have no other visual option but to be fitted with contact lenses, the optometrist faces a…
Hydroxychloroquine – what’s the deal?
The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) says; “it has no opinion on the use of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients.” They stated that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine don’t cause blindness, but 1% to 2% of patients who take the drugs to treat autoimmune conditions such as lupus experience retinal problems during a five-year course of…