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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF OPTICIANRY<br />
I S I O N<br />
of the Industry<br />
FROM THE DESK OF<br />
PRESIDENT<br />
Glenn Morris<br />
Dear NAO Members,<br />
It is so nice to greet you again in our first<br />
issue of 2026. This new year has already<br />
been very exciting for the NAO, and for the<br />
optical industry as a whole.<br />
In terms of the NAO, I am proud to say that<br />
this is our first ever completely digital version<br />
of this newsletter! We are excited to get the<br />
chance to share more online resources with<br />
you, deliver news to you faster, and give you<br />
quick and easy access to all things NAO with<br />
just a tap on your device. Our staff has been<br />
working diligently over the last few years to<br />
place more of our content online…to great<br />
success. Our Ophthalmic Career Progression<br />
Program students have been thriving with<br />
our Learning Management System (LMS),<br />
launched last September.<a title="2026 Volume ` page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=1"> NATIONAL ACADEMY OF OPTICIANRY I S I O N of th</a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=2"> Our Board of NAO News section heads Director</a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=3"> Academy Awards A glimpse into our awards cere</a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=4"> Academy Awards OPTICIAN OF THE YEAR Formerly know</a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=5"> Academy Awards HALL OF FAME The NAO Hall of Fame </a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=6"> Academy Awards EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR The Educator </a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=7"> Your Free CEC You will find the </a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=8"> Not Your Basic Prism First, let’s review some of</a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=9"> Prism Notation The symbol used to designate prism</a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=10"> Examples are: Excessive base down complaints fro</a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=11"> Prism Base Out If the optical center</a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=12"> Prism Base Up When a wearer is looking th</a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=13"> Compounding situations are: • Base in & base in •</a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=14"> Phorias and Tropias Unless otherwise specified, </a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=15"> The rules are simple: • Divide the amount of t</a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=16"> Examples: Original Prescribed Prism: OD 10 Δ BU </a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=17"> The example has vertical prism ordered in the rig</a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=18"> The doctor/refractionist may write the prescribed</a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=19"> Resultant prism is a term that refers to the reso</a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=20"> The picture above shows it drawn on the lens agai</a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=21"> Look in the lensometer at the reticle. First, rot</a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=22"> Not Your Basic Prism Test 1. If prism in </a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=23"> 7. If prism in the OD is located in vector </a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=24"> 13. If a myopic patient views above the opti</a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=25"> 18. A patient presents with an Rx of the fol</a>
<a title="2026 Volume ` page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5ded3be7?page=26"> Not Your Basic Prism Answer Sheet This one</a>