title: The prevalence of visual disorders in a school for emotionally disturbed children.
abstract: Data on the prevalence of visual disorders in special populations as well as in normal populations is sparse. Fifty-five students in a special education school were given a comprehensive screening for pathology, acuity, refractive error, fusion, oculomotor, and perceptual motor skills. This group had a very high prevalence of visual disorders especially perceptual motor, oculomotor and fusion disorders.
mesh_terms: D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D004519:Education, Special; D006801:Humans; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D014787:Vision Tests; D014792:Visual Acuity