Many U.S. Kids Missing Out on Preventive Care, CDC Says [Consumer.Healthday.com]

Screening is important. I had never had my eyes checked as a child and you don't know what you don't know when you don't know it.  I knew in college I always sat in the front row.  I recorded all lectures and transcribed them from the tapes.  No one had tought me how to drive a car so no vision testing at that age either.  Then after my third year, I was in Wisconsin for a summer student program.  College peers in the program about 8 feet away would say "Hey Tina, what you up to?" I could only tell who they were by the sound of their voice.  For the first time ever, I had a little money, I thought there has to be something wrong with my vision.  I went to the eye doctor and my vision was 20/60 in both eyes.  I got contacts and for weeks would just walk around in awe at tree leaves.  I could tell what flowers and grass and things down low looked like because I could bow down and look at them but I just though trees were brown stalks with fluffy green cloud like tops. I will never forget what tree leaves looked like. But even more, My last year of college was SO easy.  I no longer had to spend hours taping and transcribing lectures.  It was easy, all I needed was sight!!!