This summer, 6,500 athletes from 165 countries came together in Los Angeles for the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games. As part of a team of five invited international volunteers, Dr. Kellye Knueppel worked aside hundreds of local optometrists and optometry students, performing over 2,000 vision assessments over the course of seven days.
Topics: Special Olympics, Functional Vision, Vision Therapy, Opening Eyes Program, Functional Vision Problems, The Vision Therapy Center, Developmental Optometrist, Dr. Kellye Knueppel
You could say we’re in the record-breaking spirit this Olympic year. The Vision Therapy Center’s recent volunteer efforts at the 2012 State Summer Games at UW-Stevens Point was a tremendous success.
View our Slideshare for pictures of the event!
Topics: Special Olympics, Opening Eyes Program