[Pibe-division] have accurate visual diagnosis for student who has autism which is cvi

[Sara Rooz]

Hi:

After assisting my student who has autism who can't talk but can walk around,   with the assistance of the parents going to three appointments to get an accurate visual diagnosis, both the parents and I  got an accurate visual diagnosis from the ophthalmologist of cvi.  this student was examined by one optometrist and two qualified ophthalmologists. The second ophthalmologist informed both the parents and me that my student has the visual impairment of cvi. In the past I was told that the student exhibited exotropia but both ophthalmologists ruled out the diagnosis. The child eyes look fine but the brain doesn't seem to process the information provided by the eyes. The student will not look at something unless the student is told to look at food or an object. I have used the picture exchange communication system suggested in the book from AFB Press "Autism Spectrum Disorders with Visual Impairment: Meeting Students' Learning Needs" to teach the student to communicate that the student wants a desired food to eat. I'll be able to continue to teach the student how to communicate requests. I also took a mandated autism workshop which gave general strategies for working with students who have autism. Thanks, Scott, for the valuable resource about cortical visual impairment.

Sara Rooz

Certified Teacher of the Blind and Visually Impaired in New York

Independent Related Service Provider Vision Education Service in New York City

Email: sararooz at gmail.com

 

a
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/pibe-division_nfbnet.org/attachments/20120130/15af2d39/attachment.html>