Help for Children with Autism
Evelyn’s
eyes had always seemed “odd” to me, as if they weren’t
focusing properly. I took her to two pediatric ophthalmologists
when she was 2 and 4 years of age, who both said that her eye
health and vision were fine and that I had nothing to worry about.
When Evelyn was 5 years old, we came to Dr. Cathy Stern, who diagnosed
that Evelyn had poor vision skills. Evelyn was poor at judging
where she and things around her were in space. She was always
bumping into door frames, people, etc. and was afraid to ride
on her bike. After 9 months of working with Dr. Stern,
Evelyn is now a year ahead of her chronological age in
vision skills! She takes in her environment efficiently
and moves much more confidently through space. Her eyes seem normal
to me now. -- Mom of Evelyn (age 5)
