Signs of Vision Problems

This list can be used as a checklist for adults, parents and children, teachers and other professionals and can be taken along to your behavioural optometrist.

		Blurring of words when reading
		Working distance close when writing or reading
		Blinks or rubs eyes a lot
		Gets rapidly tired at school and often exhausted at end of school day
		Headaches and/or aching eyes
		Difficulties with copying from the blackboard or book
		Poor or variable handwriting, often slow
		Poor co-ordination or history of co-ordination problems
		Loss of concentration, poor attention span
		Reading accuracy and speed below chronological age
		Loses place or line when reading
		Misses out words or letters when reading
		Often has to use finger as a marker to keep place
		Mixes numbers in Maths
		Comprehension exercises difficult
		Reverses letters and numbers
		Mirror writing
		Confuses right and left past age 7 (and sometimes up and down.)
		Makes phonetic spelling errors
		Poor visual memory
		Poor at Maths
		Creative writing difficult
		Poor posture when working
		Covers one eye when reading
		Moves head when reading
		Homework takes longer than it should
		Poor at ball skills and team games
		Does not understand what has been read