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<blockquote data-quote="mom_in_training" data-source="post: 31859" data-attributes="member: 2727"><p>Geeze Dreamer you need to move to my area, I'll teach ya some handy kill-em with kindness defense techniques Lol!!! Lotts of mean people where you are. We have rude and mean people here too, I do not think anyone in any community can say that they don't have their share of them. Xmas shopping with my son and wheelchair, You would think that people would give us some room, Not!!! I have left the stores because I can't navigate it when people are just not moving. I think their just in their own lil world trying to figure out what they are getting for whoever and they pay no attention. With that said I don't think that they do it intentually and besides being xmas I don't think anybodys thinking right anyway. Lol!! You could have pressed charges on that guy for doing that to you with his car. Hes one jerk that needs for someone to step up and do something about his anger issues to hopefully put a stop to his antics. Geeze..... I think I recall you posting about that guy, You were upset and had every right to be. As for the Cortical Blindness, See below &gt;&gt;&gt; </p><p></p><p>DESCRIPTION: : A term used to describe an apparent lack of visual functioning, in spite of anatomically and structurally intact eyes. The cause is assumed to be a lack of cortical functioning (i.e., the visual cortex of the brain is non-functional. Children with "cortical blindness" do not exhibit nystagmus, however. (Nystagmus may be the way the nervous system responds to bad vision, since it occurs simultaneously with many visual impairments.) Neither a CAT scan nor a VEP can confirm cortical function. In the absence of other abnormalities (e.g., optic atrophy, microcephaly, frequent seizuring), the prognosis is good for regaining some degree of visual functioning in children with "cortical blindness."</p><p></p><p>" Children with "cortical blindness" do not exhibit nystagmus"</p><p></p><p>That I do not agree with, I have seen my son exibit nystagmus when he was on Klonopin. I changed Neuros because of it. I did my homework and found that Klonopin was known to cause nystagmus but the Dr kept saying no... Yikes!!!!! I suggested that he know the side effects of the medications that he hands out and went to a different Dr. Shortly after my sons medications were changed and the nystagmus was no longer an issue. As far as I know there is no experimenting going on for this visual disorder.</p><p></p><p>I spoke to a visual therapist a long time ago that was working with an older gentleman that had come out of a coma and was diagnosed as being Cortical Blind. This patient was able to communicate what he sees. His description of it was that he could see color and that if you were standing in front of him he could see you but did not know where you were. His exact words "I don't know where there is" He would not know to go up down left or right to get to you or any object he sees. To sit in a lil chair he would circle it two or three times and then kick it lightly to assure that the chair was actually there before he sat down. Crazy, Huh? I have been told that my son sees black, Yea right was my response. I told them when they can explain to me why my son squints when I go outside on a sunny day verses him not reponding to their flashlight in a dim lit room we'll talk but in the mean time I will work on proving them wrong. I did and I have yet to see this visual specialist at another IEP since. Lol!! Most eye exams can not be performed on him because they do not see a normal response due to his visual impairment created by the damage to the cortex of the brain. Crazy but I have been told that yes all the parts look great and he is 20/20 but yea, Hes cortical blind.Hmmmmmm....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mom_in_training, post: 31859, member: 2727"] Geeze Dreamer you need to move to my area, I'll teach ya some handy kill-em with kindness defense techniques Lol!!! Lotts of mean people where you are. We have rude and mean people here too, I do not think anyone in any community can say that they don't have their share of them. Xmas shopping with my son and wheelchair, You would think that people would give us some room, Not!!! I have left the stores because I can't navigate it when people are just not moving. I think their just in their own lil world trying to figure out what they are getting for whoever and they pay no attention. With that said I don't think that they do it intentually and besides being xmas I don't think anybodys thinking right anyway. Lol!! You could have pressed charges on that guy for doing that to you with his car. Hes one jerk that needs for someone to step up and do something about his anger issues to hopefully put a stop to his antics. Geeze..... I think I recall you posting about that guy, You were upset and had every right to be. As for the Cortical Blindness, See below >>> DESCRIPTION: : A term used to describe an apparent lack of visual functioning, in spite of anatomically and structurally intact eyes. The cause is assumed to be a lack of cortical functioning (i.e., the visual cortex of the brain is non-functional. Children with "cortical blindness" do not exhibit nystagmus, however. (Nystagmus may be the way the nervous system responds to bad vision, since it occurs simultaneously with many visual impairments.) Neither a CAT scan nor a VEP can confirm cortical function. In the absence of other abnormalities (e.g., optic atrophy, microcephaly, frequent seizuring), the prognosis is good for regaining some degree of visual functioning in children with "cortical blindness." " Children with "cortical blindness" do not exhibit nystagmus" That I do not agree with, I have seen my son exibit nystagmus when he was on Klonopin. I changed Neuros because of it. I did my homework and found that Klonopin was known to cause nystagmus but the Dr kept saying no... Yikes!!!!! I suggested that he know the side effects of the medications that he hands out and went to a different Dr. Shortly after my sons medications were changed and the nystagmus was no longer an issue. As far as I know there is no experimenting going on for this visual disorder. I spoke to a visual therapist a long time ago that was working with an older gentleman that had come out of a coma and was diagnosed as being Cortical Blind. This patient was able to communicate what he sees. His description of it was that he could see color and that if you were standing in front of him he could see you but did not know where you were. His exact words "I don't know where there is" He would not know to go up down left or right to get to you or any object he sees. To sit in a lil chair he would circle it two or three times and then kick it lightly to assure that the chair was actually there before he sat down. Crazy, Huh? I have been told that my son sees black, Yea right was my response. I told them when they can explain to me why my son squints when I go outside on a sunny day verses him not reponding to their flashlight in a dim lit room we'll talk but in the mean time I will work on proving them wrong. I did and I have yet to see this visual specialist at another IEP since. Lol!! Most eye exams can not be performed on him because they do not see a normal response due to his visual impairment created by the damage to the cortex of the brain. Crazy but I have been told that yes all the parts look great and he is 20/20 but yea, Hes cortical blind.Hmmmmmm.... [/QUOTE]
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