title: The visually impaired child.
abstract: This article discusses the causes of childhood blindness and how the primary care provider may begin the appropriate steps toward diagnosing and managing the visually impaired child. Community resources (see Box 3) and low-vision programs in schools should be used so that parents do not need to reinvent strategies to raise a blind child. Worldwide, childhood blindness, which places is a tremendous burden on families and communities of the third world, is mostly preventable with improved hygiene, diet, and immunization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmolog, Cook County Hospital, 1725 West Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. drlisathompson@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Lawrence M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Kaufman
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019988:Children with Disabilities; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010372:Pediatrics; D010819:Physician's Role; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology