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To the Mom who recommended developmental vision screening: Thanks!!!!
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<blockquote data-source="post: 2862"><p>I'm so sorry--I don't remember who posted a couple of months ago about having a behavioral optometrist screen difficult children for developmental vision problems. Whoever you are--I want to thank you! I took difficult child for the screening this week--it was two separate sessions. The results were very informative. difficult child does have some issues with abnormal eye movements and poorly developed visual-motor control (resulting in poor handwriting).</p><p></p><p>The most interesting thing to me is that his vision changes radically when he is a little bit stressed. </p><p></p><p>When he is relaxed and confident, his eyesight is perfect.</p><p></p><p>When he percieves something as "difficult", he tenses up and he literally can't see. He becomes so tense that his eyeballs change shape and everything gets blurry.</p><p></p><p>This explains a lot about difficult child--why sometimes he can do academic work very, very well. At other times, he can't do a thing. I used to believe this was willfull on his part and that he just wasn't trying. The more I have learned about his disabilities, the more I have come to believe that he cannot control it.</p><p></p><p>So, the prescription is to continue with therapies to reduce anxiety, and some Occupational Therapist (OT) to address fine motor control issues.</p><p></p><p>The optometrist also gave me some great referrals for immune system/allergy testing.</p><p></p><p>So--I'm sorry I don't remember your name--but I owe you a big thanks! </p><p></p><p>------------------</p><p>Susan</p><p>10 year old boy with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), no medications, treating with therapy and neurofeedback</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE=", post: 2862"] I'm so sorry--I don't remember who posted a couple of months ago about having a behavioral optometrist screen difficult children for developmental vision problems. Whoever you are--I want to thank you! I took difficult child for the screening this week--it was two separate sessions. The results were very informative. difficult child does have some issues with abnormal eye movements and poorly developed visual-motor control (resulting in poor handwriting). The most interesting thing to me is that his vision changes radically when he is a little bit stressed. When he is relaxed and confident, his eyesight is perfect. When he percieves something as "difficult", he tenses up and he literally can't see. He becomes so tense that his eyeballs change shape and everything gets blurry. This explains a lot about difficult child--why sometimes he can do academic work very, very well. At other times, he can't do a thing. I used to believe this was willfull on his part and that he just wasn't trying. The more I have learned about his disabilities, the more I have come to believe that he cannot control it. So, the prescription is to continue with therapies to reduce anxiety, and some Occupational Therapist (OT) to address fine motor control issues. The optometrist also gave me some great referrals for immune system/allergy testing. So--I'm sorry I don't remember your name--but I owe you a big thanks! ------------------ Susan 10 year old boy with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), no medications, treating with therapy and neurofeedback [/QUOTE]
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