Vision Problems
There are behaviors parents often attribute to other causes, such as being lazy or having ADD or Autism, but some of these behaviors may actually be signs of potential vision problems. Therefore, it becomes critical that you are aware of some of the most obvious symptoms which indicate that a child could have a vision problem, including:
- Short attention span with close work
- Avoids close work
- Poor eye contact
- Quick to fatigue
- Inability to listen and look at the same time
- Headaches
- Rubs or pokes eyes
- Has an eye turn
- Covers one eye or turns/tilts head
- Stares at lights/shiny or
- spinning objects
- Confuses lefts and rights
- Prefers to be read to
- Is clumsy, has poor balance or ball catching skills
- Has difficulty going up or down stairs or is afraid of heights
- Problems with tracking
- Visual perceptual problems
If your child has any of these, he or she may have an undiagnosed vision problem that is interfering with not only their academic success, but how they interact with the world.
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