title: Visual problems in the handicapped child.
abstract: The importance of carrying out a preliminary examination of vision and eye movements in all handicapped is stressed. In any case of doubt a full ophthalmological and orthoptic examination is essential and is best carried out in the congenial environs of a District Handicap Centre. Eight hundred and ninety-three children with a wide variety of handicaps were seen at the Leeds Regional Child Assessment Centre between 1972 and 1977, and 324 were found to have a visual or visuomotor defect. The types of defects are discussed under headings which describe the main handicap.
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003638:Deafness / Q000175:diagnosis; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications; D006948:Hyperkinesis / Q000175:diagnosis; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000150:complications; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*