A national program, Vision to Learn, has provided millions of kids access to free eye exams and glasses with the help of their mobile service.
Austin Beutner, the founder of Vision to Learn, began the company with the idea of providing students with the tool of vision to help them succeed in school. Beutner recognized the impact glasses can have on a child.
“Most children who don’t have the glasses they need, don’t know they need glasses,” said Beutner. “So, they’re often misdiagnosed as a behavior problem in kindergarten because they’re all fidgety, roaming around, can’t sit still. By third or fourth grade, they’re mislabeled, called slow learning, something less polite by their peers. And by eighth grade, ninth grade, tenth grade, they’re more likely to drop out.”
