Meet our Patchers

  Dylan is 8 years old, and his vision journey began a year ago, when Maddy (Speckles' founder and his big cousin) suggested his parents have his eyes checked before he started big school. He was diagnosed with anisometropia (an imbalance between each eye's optical power), leading to his amblyopia, which meant...

Isabella is four years old and has been bravely navigating her amblyopia journey since she was 18 months old. With the support of her loving family, she's been patching for about 12 months now, making slow but steady progress and improvements

Olivia is 3 years old and was diagnosed with esotropia (an inwards turn in the eye) and amblyopia in her right eye, as well as astigmatism in both eyes at only 18 months old. She has worn glasses since then to help correct her vision however, after no improvement, her mum Holly...

At just 6 years old, Ava has shown incredible resilience and determination on her vision journey. She was diagnosed with astigmatism in both eyes, hyperopia (long-sightedness) and amblyopia last September, and has been rocking her eye patches like a champ for the past two weeks! 😊 According to her mum, Amanda, Ava...

Miela is a vibrant 4-year-old who was diagnosed with Amblyopia in February after her parents noticed a turn in her left eye. Her mum, Georgia said, "Miela absolutely loves choosing her unicorn patch each day and putting it on to show off to her friends at kindy 🦄 She patches for two...

Mason is 3 years old and just embarked on his vision journey with Speckles. Despite his recent diagnosis of long-sightedness, Astigmatism, Esotropia AND Amblyopia, Mason tackles each day with a spirit of resilience and joy! 💪😊

Beauden is 5 years old, he has been wearing patches for 1 month now, after being diagnosed with Amblyopia and Esotropia (a condition where one or both eyes turn inwards). His mum, Kaela said "In the beginning, he was not happy about having to wear the patch as he wouldn't look "cool"...