The "School Readiness Summit: Focus on Vision" issued a joint stating backing "comprehensive eye exams for school-aged children as a foundation for a coordinated and improved approach to addressing children's vision and eye health issues and as a key element of ensuring school readiness in American children," according to the summit's press release. The American Optometric Association (AOA), with support from HOYA Vision Care, gathered together doctors, nurses, educators and other children's health advocates for the first-ever gathering in Washington, DC. The specialists examined alarmingly high-rates of learning-related vision issues now plaguing America's.
The statement was signed by representatives for American Association of Diabetes Educators, American Federation of Teachers, American Optometric Association, American Public Health Association, Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry, Council for Exceptional Children, Foundation for Eye Health Awareness, HOYA Vision Care, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, National Association of School Nurses, National Commission on Vision and Health, National Education Association's Health Information Network, National Head Start Association, National Rural Health Association, Prevent Blindness America, and the Vision Council.
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