Meet Dr. William Padula

About Dr. William Padula

William Padula, OD, FAAO, FNOR, is an optometrist who has devoted his career to serving children's visual needs. He has extensive experience in vision rehabilitation for children with learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders, autism, and neuro-physical difficulties such as cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy. He has served as Director of Vision Research at the Gesell Institute of Child Development and has authored several books, and numerous papers. Dr. Padula lectures and consults internationally (China, India, Bermuda, Mexico, etc.) with programs regarding children's vision related to learning and development. In addition, he has been a consultant to the Committee on Vision with the National Academy of Sciences.