1. What is the cause of my child's vision loss? What is the name of my child's eye condition?

2. Can this eye condition be corrected? If so, how? (glasses, surgery, etc.)

3. If glasses are recommended, when should they be worn? (at all times, for distance work only, for reading only, etc.)

4. Is my child's vision stable? If not, what changes should be expected? How rapidly do you expect them to occur?

5. What is the distance acuity (corrected and uncorrected)? What does this actually mean in terms of usable vision?

6. What is the near acuity (corrected and uncorrected)? What size print can my child readily distinguish or read? At what distance?

7. What are the visual fields (peripheral vision) in both eyes? If possible, please draw a diagram of this visual field for me.

8. Do the eye muscles work as they should? Does my child depend more on one eye than the other? If so, should anything be done about this?

9. Does nystagmus (jerky movements of the eye) cause problems for my child?

10. How will my child's eye condition affect daily functioning? What problems should I be expecting? (light sensitivity?, eye strain or fatigue?, headaches?, squinting?, night blindness?, color blindness?, lack of depth perception?, double vision?, etc.)

11. What kind of lighting is best for my child (low, average, above average intensity)? If special lighting is needed, how should it be positioned (overhead, at back, etc.)?

12. Should my child's physical education program be restricted? If so, in what way?

13. Would a magnifier help? If so, what kind?

14. When should my child be re-examined by you?

15. Do you have any comments or suggestions that should be shared with my child's teacher(s)?

Keystone Kids is a program of the
Keystone Blind Association
e-mail: kba@keystoneblind.org