Children with autism spectrum disorder are significantly less likely to have vision screening at well visits for 3- to 5-year-olds than are typically developing children, researchers have found.
Children with autism spectrum disorder are significantly less likely to have vision screening at well visits for 3- to 5-year-olds than are typically developing children, researchers have found.
"Children with ASD were significantly less likely to have at least one completed vision screening compared with children without ASD ," the authors wrote,"with only 6.9% of children with ASD having had two or more vision screenings compared with 22.3% of children without ASD." "Other studies have shown that children on the autism spectrum have more than three times greater risk of having eye disease or vision problems," he said in an interview."You've got a high-risk population in need of assessment and the likelihood of them getting an assessment is much reduced."
When it comes to vision problems and children,"the earlier they're identified the better," Dr. Adesman says, particularly to identify the need for eye muscle surgery or corrective lenses, the two major interventions for strabismus or refractive error.
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