Is OA a progressive or degenerative condition?
In general, as children with Ocular Albinism mature, their visual acuity seems to improve. Part of this ‘improvement’ may be progressive maturation of the nerve pathways in the brain. Some of this, of course, is maturation of the infant or child to understand the task of visual acuity, reading letters and recognizing figures on a screen. However, there is no evidence that OA is degenerative, and most adolescents and young adults maintain that vision throughout life. Individuals with OA never go totally blind from this disorder, although they may be legally blind.
