This post is  partially about a topic that is over looked/ taken lighty  in my opinion because of its commonality. Vision/vision health and how it impacts a child and how they learn as well as how that can affect many aspects of their lives not merely how they see. This post is also about my kids and their vision LD SPD& ETC
Both my son who’s ETC(considered gifted) and my daughter who is dyslexic SPD & LD  & has dyspraxia. Ware glasses and need to  all of the time  they both have considerable prescription lenses for their glasses.
It is not as simple as – oh your kids  ware glasses.No my kids must ware glasses. My daughter without her glasses can’t identify who some one is if she doesn’t have her glasses on and you don’t speak to her.This has been weighing on my mind a lot lately.In my more recent post I’ve written about my daughter’s glasses getting broke in PE after being hit in the head with a kick ball. With out her glasses my daughter’s vision is 20/400 in each eye.There was a time when she was younger where her best corrected vision with glasses was 20/70  that is low vision/ visually impaired.We were told that could be  as good as it would get. Fortunately that changed and her best corrected  vision has improved greatly & slowly over the past 5 years.It fluctuates back & forth between 20/40 20/30 & 20/25 best corrected with her glasses.As her Doctor reminds me the goal is 20/20 best corrected but that is not possible for everyone. My daughter’s vision has had an impact on many aspects of her life. When most of her peers were learning to read and spell she was trying to maneuver hallways & stairs. We were taking her to multiple optimaligist trying to figure out how to best meet her needs.Her vision changed rapidly in both directions like a vision rollercoaster.When many kids her age were  learning to swim,ride a bicycle &  play sports she was struggling to figure out what she could see and waiting for new lenses for her glasses. All of this with signs of SPD ( sensory processing disorder)& LD – learning disabilities)That makes sense.Even though SPD is more  typically identified in children with out vision and or hearing impairments.A child can have both. Both of my kids do.
My daughter’s SPD issues are very  different than my sons.My sons are more hyper- sensitivities with touch and smell. Some  but not all have gotten better with time & he has gained coping skills for. For my daughter it has always been hypo/ under developed with touch vision and auditory.Her SPD issues have improved some but still affect her daily life. The more research I do on SPD Dyslexia dyspraxia & LD the more I understand that like fibers in a tapestry all of these things are woven together with similarities that make up the bigger picture of how each of my kids learn differently from average and differently from one another.