vision therapy

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I can't remember if I posted here about vision therapy before. My son, , has problems with "convergence insufficiency" and tracking. That means he can focus on objects that are close to his face. He can't change his focus between distance and close up or vice versa very easily. He also has trouble moving his eyes to look at things. He has to turn his head in an exaggerated way when he is crossing the street in order to really see if there are cars coming. I noticed when he was quite small that if I pointed at something he couldn't tell where I was pointing. I didn't know what the problem was until was about 8 years old. I had tried taking him to eye doctors but they said they couldn't see anything wrong with his vision. Finally, when I was living in Texas I mentioned this to someone and

she recommended a doctor there, Shidlofsky. Dr. S specializes in vision problems that are typical of children with learning disabilities and autism. That's what is wrong with 's eyes. The first step was to get prism lenses. We did that. The next step was getting vision therapy. It was a long while before we could afford it but we're finally getting it done. It's going to be 6 months of therapy total and then he'll be done. Once you learn to use your eyes you never forget. It just becomes a part of you.

had a check up during the holiday break and I could see when the doctor was working with him that he didn't have to move his head to look at things. He was also more able to focus on things at varying distances. It's not perfect yet, but he has made a lot of progress. As a result his grades have gone from mostly B, C to mostly A. He reads assignments without fighting and is enjoying reading age appropriate books. He was stuck on books for younger kids for a long time. Right now he's reading a chapter book. I'm so excited about this. 's reading comprehension has improved and I think this is partly because visually the smaller writing isn't as overwhelming now. Prior to vision therapy he just wouldn't read his assignments. He would say he'd read them and then when a comprehension test would happen he'd just guess at the answers. So a few days ago he got a 100% on his

reading comprehension test! He is also more able to organize his writing. He can write a paragraph in an organized way and stay on topic. I am just thrilled to pieces that he's making so much progress.

Anyway, I think vision therapy can be a huge help for some kids so I wanted to share our experience.

Miriam

Miriam Mim Mimmom

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We have been in vision therapy for 6 months and it does work.

We have also done 109 rounds of dmsa/ala chelation. You will want to pursue

removing the mercury that is causing problems with the cranial nerves which then

affect visual motor function.

Our optometrist specializes in visual motor and visual processing in children

and she says that dyslexia is usually related to deficits in these motor

functions in children. If they cannot converge the eyes they can't see

correctly.

Jan

MercuryBabies

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> I have a son 8 years old. He is diagnosed with Dyslexia, Dysgraphia,

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> and Receptive Language Disorder. We had a hair sample done and he had mercury

> poising. We've done 8 rounds of ALA and it seems to be working. We want to try

> vision theropy (Family Vision Care and Vision Therapy in Belmont). Has anyone

> tried this for Dyslexia and has it worked? What other methods have worked for

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