▪️Tests poorly, despite knowing the material ▪️Takes a lot of time to complete homework and assignments ▪️Has a short attention span ▪️Talks during instructions and distracts other students ADHD or a vision problem?
, problems with vision make it hard for children to finish schoolwork in a timely fashion or to pay attention. Some researchers think that vision problems affect children’s “executive function” — the higher-order cognitive processes used to plan, pay attention, and organize time and space.
, children dislike reading. They become agitated or fidget when asked to read. Many act out in the classroom or during homework time. Their frustration can actually lead to anxiety and depression.Most schools and pediatricians do visual screening. The children read letters or symbols on a Snellen chart. If a deficit is detected, prescription eyeglasses are usually ordered. However, functional vision depends on more than visual acuity.
Convergence insufficiency has been well studied. One study suggests “an apparent threefold greater incidence of ADHD among patients with CI, when compared with the incidence of ADHD in the general U.S. population,” according to David B. Granet, M.D., of the. “We also note a seeming threefold greater incidence of CI in the ADHD population. This may represent an association and not be a causative relationship.
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