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Glasses - Down’s Syndrome

My DS daughter refuses to wear her glasses, I would love to hear any suggestions because she really needs them to see properly.
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Down's syndrome
George has down's syndrome we found that glasses don't fit the shape of his face well. We changed the 'bridge' to one long plastic piece which fits better.
We hope that you may get some other good responses here which we can add to our tips.
Good luck.
Or reward her wearing them with praise/ stickers/ star chart- whatever motivates her. If need be you could start with a 1 minute timer and a reward, then build up.
Maybe elastic would make them feel more secure.
Or customise them eg put Hello Kitty stickers on the sides.
www.specs4us.com and the frames are called Erins world. the Uk distributors email address is [email protected] With my daughter Emily lots of positive praise and reinforcement did the trick. Hope this helps