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Opening Eyes (Optometry) Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA INC
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1 person is interested
What we do: Help us provide vision exams to our Special Olympics athletes: children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Events occur year-round throughout the Jacksonville area.
Screening includes Lensometry/PD, History, Visual Acuity (far and near), Stereopsis, Cover Test, Color Vision, Eye Health, Autorefraction, and Check Out. Prescription glasses are filled by a lab and mailed to the athlete.
Who we need: Ophthalmologists, Optometrists
Benefits of Helping Special Olympics Florida Healthy Community Opening Eyes:
- Feeling good about helping those who cannot afford service or who did not know help was available to them
- Seeing the joy on the face of an athlete as they pick out their frames for glasses/rec specs or choose a pair of sunglasses
- Knowing that you have changed the lives of over 40% of the athletes you see in one day as they will be given a service or referral that could, in some cases, be life saving
- Enjoying the camaraderie of working together with a group of your fellow professionals
- Having the ability to increase the number of patients in your practice: your practice will grow once word gets around that you work with persons with intellectual disabilities.
MUST HAVE UP TO DATE LICENSE IN FLORIDA, USA
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About SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA INC
Location:
40 E Adams Street, Suite LL15, Jacksonville, FL 32202, US
Mission Statement
Special Olympics Florida was founded in 1972 and is one of the largest volunteer-driven athletic organizations in the state. The mission of Special Olympics Florida is to provide year-round sports training and competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for people with intellectual disabilities who wish to participate, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community. The ultimate objective of Special Olympics Florida is to help people with intellectual disabilities participate as productive and respected members of society at large.
Description
Healthy Community is a premier, health care delivery approach that focuses on the whole person with an intellectual or developmental disability and provides integrated health care coordination.
Good health is necessary for persons with an intellectual or developmental disability to secure the freedom to work, learn, and engage in their families and communities. The United States Surgeon General stated, "Individuals with a developmental disability are more likely to receive inappropriate and inadequate treatment, or be denied health care altogether. Children, youth, and adults with developmental disabilities receive fewer routine health examinations, fewer immunizations, less mental health care, less prophylactic oral health care, and fewer opportunities for physical exercise and athletic achievement than do other Americans. Those with communication difficulties are especially at greater risk for poor nutrition, overmedication, injury, and abuse." Special Olympics International created Healthy Community in response to the U.S. Surgeon General call to action on the health care disparities for people with an intellectual or developmental disability.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
40 E Adams StreetSuite LL15JacksonvilleJacksonville, FL 32202
DATE POSTED
March 12, 2024
SKILLS
- Healthcare
- Physician
- Children Medical Services
- Patient Care
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 22
- Orientation or Training
- Online training is didactic. Training complete with hands on training with our athletes at an eye exam
- Certification in the state of Florida, USA in Optometry, Ophthalmology