According to a report by Denise Dador of southern California's KABC Channel 7, experts estimate that as many as a million children with vision problems have been wrongly diagnosed as having ADHD.

However, other experts have cast doubt on those estimates:

"One of the questions that we ask parents is to decide whether it's an organic attention problem or maybe more related to a vision problem," said Daniel Press, O.D., a development optometrist at Family Eyecare Associates. ...

Vision experts say 60 percent of kids labeled as problem learners actually suffer from undetected vision problems.

But some have doubts. The American Academy of Pediatrics says vision therapy may give parents and teachers a false sense of security that a child's problems are being addressed.

Labels: visual_skills

Posted By: 4ADHD.com