In other words, Troubles in sight/vision even with supporting treatments/technology or enhancements, affecting education performance.

Be sure to take your child to annual eye appointments or general healthcare check ups that may also provide eye exams, if at any point you feel there's more to their condition, there are other specialists you can go to for proper analysis and diagnosis.

PEDIATRICIAN: Specialists that GPs look to for a second opinion. They focus on development and health of babies, children, kids, and teens.

OPTOMETRIST: Should be seen before your children start school, then every 2 years. Their purpose is to do vision assessments and treat vision and sight issues. They can give you specific and more accurate diagnosis.

OPHTHALMOLOGIST: They are your experts. They can evaluate eye and vision problems in connection to diseases and injuries they may have derived from. There are Pediatrician Ophthalmologists specifically for working with children!

I will read out loud, making sure I project my voice for my students to hear me and understand instruction. I'll make sure they can have somewhere to store their belonging, or any devices they use to help them function within my classroom.

I think it'll be cool to educate my general ed students who may not have any exceptionalities on the way that my students with vision impairments function, allowing the student(s) themselves to tell of their experiences, and show their peers how cool it is for them to navigate both the outside and educational world! This will aid in diminishing the possibilities of bullying and exclusion.

I will be sure to project any small print texts onto my whiteboard for my students to see better. Be mindful of light sensitivity of certain students. A big issue even outside of exceptionalities is that students gain headaches, eye aches, and feel physically sick from the amount of technology and eyestrain put onto them daily! I will be sure to hear my students out and adjust my room to their liking. I can provide low light lamps to substitute for my classroom lights when necessary.

I can provide visors for my students to wear in my classroom to protect their eyes, I can make sure I seat my vision impaired students as close to me as possible or as close to where I'll be instructing. I can go out of my way to provide braille versions of texts for my students.

Low Vision: Vision that can't be corrected with glasses or contacts

Totally Blind: Complete loss of sight

Partially Sighted: Some vision in one or both eyes

• Blunt Force Trauma- Causes contraction and expansion in the eye which can lead to blindness whether it be long or short term.

• Penetrative Trauma- When physical objects enter the eye or the part of your brain that is needed for sight and vision.

• May derive from incidents such as very rough fights/boxing, motor vehicle accidents, fires or explosions

HAZARDOUS EXPOSURE:

• Chemicals in cleaning products can cause eye damage

• Chemical burn from sunscreens, soaps, and other ingredients in our everyday products that may cause irritation to the eye

• Work Space chemical exposure

Retinopathy (which is a a disease infecting the light-sensitive tissue in the back of our eyes) when in relation to diabetes, can damage eye vessels and without proper care and treatment, can lead to blindness. Also, having strokes in areas of the brain that contribute to site, along with Cancer or Orbital Tumors are factors!

• Braille Embosser- An electronic device that translates text from a braille keyboard to a printer

• Braille Translator- A program that takes text files from computers and converts it properly for printing

• Braille Writer- A machine with keys that creates all characters of Braille coding

GLASSES: There are all different kinds of spectacles out there! Consult with your specialists and doctors for which would best suit your child!

• Magnifiers: Are a type of eye glass lens that helps things appear bigger. The link provided above gives a thorough breakdown of the different types of magnifiers

• CONTACTS: Personalized for the individual to be able to see without wearing spectacles. Comes in all different colors that may have cool and usual pupil shapes such as stars and hearts... also may contain cool patterns!

• LASER EYE SURGERY: A lot of adults or teenagers may seek to this option to completely "cure" their vision. Since it is unlikely for this to be a treatment for children, I won't go into much detail, but there are many risks to consider once they're old enough to consider this option.