Well, I buy reading glasses from shops that aren't opticians...so I guess I'm self-diagnosing my optical refraction, along with millions of other people...

If the letters jumped around, as they do for my brother, I'd jolly well have a go at trying different coloured lenses too...

And, if I were light sensitive, and desperately so, I'd also have a go at trying on different coloured lenses, without waiting for an 'expert' to tell me which was right for me....er...'cos I'd know as soon as I put the lenses on which ones helped, or not.

Donna said it helped her with her depth of vision, which was very interesting, as I'd assume she was finally able to focus far more clearly..


I watched a strange programme last night, called 'Embarrassing Bodies' (stay with me on this one)...and after they HAD embarrassed me with some of the ailments they diagnosed and treated, they had a short bit on autism.

The man who was diagnosed with it explained how he had trouble reading faces, understanding jokes etc..and his children were pulling his leg about it...He also said that he couldn't follow TV programmes or films, just didn't 'get them' at all.

So, they did an experiment. They took the man with autism and one of the doctors, then wired them up, visually, so that the computer could track where their eyes were focussing at all times. Then, they played them a short TV sketch, about a man having an affair, and his wife coming home whilst he was there with his mistress. There was loads of body language and many facial expressions in there...

Afterwards, they played it back through the computer. The doctor had watched it correctly, and understood it fully, as his eyes were focussing on the head, face and eyes of the actors, for the most part...but the autistic chap's eyes didn't go above the neck. He was totally confused as to what the sketch was about. His eyes pretty much stayed away from the actors entirely, focussing on the furniture...only very occasionally going to their bodies.

It was interesting, for all concerned...