The kids' vision journal 251

Myopia, or nearsightedness, is often talked about as something that starts in childhood, but plenty of adults live with it for years without realizing how much strain it places on their eyes. Some notice that street signs blur at a distance. Others begin holding their phones farther away, or squinting at a projector screen they used to read comfortably. Many simply adapt, and that is part of the problem. The brain gets remarkably good at compensating for gradual changes in