Are Vision Problems common in Autism?
Marrissa went to the Eye Dr because I just wondered if she could see very well as shes super clumbsy and holds things really close to her face. Sure enough shes near sighted and has stigmatism. Her vision is 21/80 and Im currently trying to raise funds for her glasses. Are vision problems common? the Eye Dr said vision that bad is uncommon in children of her age and it will get worse :(My 10 yr old has vision processing problems…especially with convergence…he likes to look at things up close but has 20/20 vision…I feel that visual processing problems may be fairly common in kids with autism; however standard myopia/astigmatism is really rare in small children. Was she a preemie or is anyone in the family really really nearsighted? I usually don’t even see little ones in my office with myopia (even if mom and dad wear glasses) until about age 5 because it is really uncommon younger than that. There are some children (usually preemies) who are nearsighted from infancy; however usua
