Did you know? 70% of poor readers have undiagnosed vision problems even when they don?t need glasses.
- They can?t track so they lose their place reading
- They fight double vision so they stumble over words
- They can?t focus on small print, so it?s blurry
- They have trouble staying on a task because their two eyes are fighting
20% of school-aged children have these problems, and no one knows! They pass the school vision screening, which tests only distance vision. They may even have 20/20! But they struggle with homework, and fail to advance in learning.
Vision Symptom Checklist:
- Print blurs during or after reading or near work
- Experiences double vision
- Skips whole lines of reading material
- Loses their place on the page while reading
- Tilts the head, closes or blocks one eye
- Complains of headaches, dizziness, or nausea during near armslength tasks
- Reverses letters, words, and numbers
- Short attention span during reading and other tasks
- Poor reading comprehension
- Messy handwriting
- Fails to recognize the same word in the next sentence
- Avoids close work like reading and homework
If you answer YES to any of these questions, it is possible vision is at the root of your difficulties even if you have been told you have perfect vision. Being able to see 20/20 is just ONE of over 20 visual skills critical to reading, learning, spelling, math and being able to visually pay attention.
