The Development Of Myopia In Late Starting Readers In The Homeschool Population Of The United States.

This paper proposes that accommodative stress adds to the developmental factors of myopia (which include genetic factors, and environmental conditions such as psychological stress, nutrition, and prematurity). We hypothesize that if intense nearwork, such as reading, can be delayed until the physiological structures of the eye
have been well developed (age 8), then the prevalence and amount of myopia will be less .