Visual perception/Vision therapy

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Hi,

My DS (15, diagnosed last June) was tested by an occupational therapist earlier

this year, and today I got a phone call from her with the results, that was a

surprising to me.

He has some motor skill problems, like a terrible handwriting, not using both

knife and fork when eating etc. What she found out was that this was caused by

problems with his visual perception and that it was not motor skills problems

per se. The visual perception disorder caused hand/eye coordination problems,

problems with shape recognition etc that again caused difficulties with

handwriting etc.

She recommended visual therapy for him. I do not know much about that, so I

thought I'd ask if someone has experience with this? It is a quite expensive

treatment here, and it requires that he practices on his own. It would be good

to know if it has helped others in the same situation.

Rannveig/.