Having demonstrated amongst a small trial group that myopia reduction
is possible via a psychotherapeutic/guidance method that looks at
underlying tensions and anxieties I want to make this work more widely
known.

Here are some to the things i have tried so far.

1. I approached my local opticians and they were interested.  They
ordered Kaplans books (some they bought from me).  They contacted
Kaplan and got additional professional materials.   They were
enthusiastic but told me "Sorry we are part of a franchise, we can not
be publicly associated with this sort of thing"

2. I approached a friendly lens blank supplier and optometrist in the
UK and showed him how his prescription was directly connected to his
behaviour and 'visual style'.  He was amazed and really felt that since
i had last spoken to him i had "really nailed it down convincingly".
He said he would talk to his assistant and see if some kind of trial
group was possible to look at taking the idea further.   Nothing
happened for some weeks. My mum died. I gave up.

3. Before mum died I contacted Moorfields eye hospital looking for
researchers who might be interested.  They suggested I contact a
leading Singaporean Researcher on Aetiology of myopia.   She was
definately interested and already recognised patterns in myopes but it
'needed to be studied in her cohort'.   I was asked to produce a
questionnaire to be submitted to the cohort.   This questionnaire
seemed problematical and too intellectual/academic for my liking.  I
said that it would be best to show that myopia could be reduced rather
than study it and that is what i preferred.   We parted company.

4. I contacted a guy in England who was looking at myopia in families
and saying it was genetics.   I pointed out that it could be something
that is learnt in the family that is creating the myopia.  He had not
even considered that possibility.   He is a very nice man but his
interest is in "finding links between myopia and genetics not at
behavioural relationships".  I suggested i come and visit him and we
have a small group for a few hours and i can show him what i know. That
remains a possibility - but he prefers a study be done rather than a
demo of myopia reduction.

5. A twin study group is going to study Discordant MZ twins to see if
childhood differences are responsible for differences.  I am not
involved yet.

I have other irons in other fires.   One avenue is to go down the pub
with influencial myopic science journalists and show them how easy it
is to link myopia to somewhat complicated but known behavioural
patterns for each refractive error and then see if that can open doors.

This work can be done via email but in person its far more dramatic for
those willing to listen.

Meanwhile perhaps i am missing some other way of approaching this
problem.  Suggestions welcome.

Andrew