Social Amblyopia

The Cost of Shutting One Eye

I was in the fifth grade before anyone realized I couldn’t see well out of my left eye. I was sitting in the car in the Walmart parking lot, covering my right eye then my left. I asked my mom, “Do both of your eyes see the same”? It wasn’t long before I saw my hometown optometrist.

For years, my brain had been playing a trick on me. Because the image …