Often overlooked or frequently ignored, vision is a most important aspect in learning. Several months ago, Dr. Joseph N. Trachtman, the inventor of the Accommotrac ^® Vision Trainer, was interviewed on the radio regarding the importance of vision in learning by stating that it was his experience that approximately 85% of children diagnosed A.D.D./A.D.H.D. have a vision problem. After the program, Dr. Trachtman received many calls from parents concerned about their children's learning.

The first appointment scheduled from these inquires was for a six-year-old boy, whose mother was frantic because he was not reading at the proper "level" and this would negate his ever applying to an Ivy League College. Apparently both the teacher and the school psychologist were putting pressure on the parents to medicate the child. Upon a thorough eye health examination and vision function evaluation, the boy was noted to be quite farsighted.

This finding readily explained why the child does not make much eye contact, apparently staring off into space, while retaining information presented auditorily. Dr. Trachtman placed some lenses in a frame to stimulate the farsightedness for the parents. Neither could sustain looking at an eye chart for more than a few minutes due to the tremendous eye strain. At that point it became obvious why their son behaved as he did. In fact, that he could read at all only indicated his overall intelligence and will to learn.

A recent letter from the mother of a boy who could not read for more than 20 minutes:

Regarding the visual training program of Dr. Trachtman, I attribute his training as a significant contributor toward the success on my son, John's, academic performance. John graduated from Lebanon Valley College with a dual major of Bio-Chemistry. Following the results of this Biology GRE examination, he was accepted at the universities of Cornell, Penn, Johns Hopkins and Georgetown in Bio-Medical research. In addition, all of these institutions offered John full free tuition as well as $15,500 a year. John chose the University of Pennsylvania and is doing quite well. As a Community Psychologist, working in a variety of settings and with diverse populations, I recognize a plethora of benefits that could be realized through the visual training program offered by Dr. Trachtman. What makes this story even more compelling is the fact that during John's training his older brother was in jail for substance abuse. The reason John was brought for training was that he was beginning to follow in the footsteps of his older brother. After getting out of jail, the older brother came in for training, and has not been in jail since.