Checklist of Vision Problems

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VISION IS MORE THAN EYESIGHT

Vision is the ability to visualise, understand and apply the information that comes through the eyes. When using this guide and checklist we need to understand the difference between the terms SIGHT and VISION.

SIGHT or ACUITY is merely what results from the eyes’ responses to light shining into them and is measured by determining how well we can see different sized letters on a chart in the distance.

VISION results from the person actively interpreting and understanding the information made available through the eyes.

Children, Students, Adults with normal (20/20) EYESIGHT may not have these abilities.

This checklist can be used for adults, parents & children, teachers, other professionals & can be taken along to your behavioural optometrist.

Blurring of words when reading
Working distance close when writing or reading
Blinks or rubs eyes a lot
Gets rapidly tired at school and often exhausted at end of school day
Headaches and/or aching eyes
Difficulties with copying from the blackboard or book
Poor or variable handwriting, often slow
Poor co-ordination or history of co-ordination problems
Loss of concentration, poor attention span
Reading accuracy and speed below chronological age
Loses place or line when reading
Misses out words or letters when reading
Often has to use finger as a marker to keep place
Often has to use finger as a marker to keep place
Mixes numbers in Maths

Comprehension exercises difficult
Reverses letters and numbers
Mirror writing
Confuses right and left past age 7 (and sometimes up and down.)
Makes phonetic spelling errors
Poor visual memory
Poor at Maths
Creative writing difficult
Poor posture when working
Covers one eye when reading
Moves head when reading
Homework takes longer than it should
Poor at ball skills and team games
Does not understand what has been read