Meeting the Needs of Children and Adults with Physical and Communication Challenges

Vision is more than 20/20 eyesight. Children and adults with physical and communication challenges need optimal visual skills to function successfully. Visual problems are much more common in children and adults with disabilities. Diagnosing and treating visual development and performance skills that affect tasks of daily living is critical to achieving maximum potential.

Dr. Cathy Stern can help children and adults achieve maximum potential by diagnosing a vision problem and offering vision therapy treatment.

Common Symptoms of a Visual Performance Problem:

Visually inattentive Shuts off vision Clumsy or bumps into things Doesn’t look at faces Poor visual tracking	Reading difficulty Skips/rereads lines Headaches Light sensitivity Current eyeglasses not helpful

Functional Vision Deficits include:

Strabismus (eye turn) Blurred sight Visual field loss or neglect Depth perception reduced Spatial Inattention

Oculomotor (tracking) problems Accommodative (focusing) flexibility Low vision (visually impaired) Balance and posture control

Treatment Alternatives:

Performance Lenses to improve focus flexibility and eye coordination Optometric Vision Therapy to maximize succesful function Visual Information Processing development Prism lens therapy to improve spatial awareness Prescription eyewear to improve eyesight Optical and non-optical aids for low vision rehabilitation Neuro-optometric rehabilitation

Dr. Cathy Stern can help children and adults achieve maximum potential by diagnosing a vision problem and offering vision therapy treatment.

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