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Understand What's Going On: Vision Conditions Explained

Plain-English guides to the conditions and topics we evaluate and treat. Start anywhere — and when you're ready, an evaluation turns questions into answers.

A teacher at the blackboard with a class of children raising their hands
Roughly 80% of what a child takes in at school arrives through vision.
Where to Start

Not Sure Which Topic You Need?

If you are starting from a symptom rather than a diagnosis, begin with the problems we solve — it groups what parents and adults actually notice, then points to the topic behind it. The two-minute symptom checklist is the fastest way to organize what you're seeing before an appointment, and 20/20 but still struggling? explains why a normal eye-chart result doesn't rule a vision problem out.

Problems We Solve Symptom Checklist Read the Blog
Topics

Learning & Reading

Dyslexia Vision, ADD & ADHD Handwriting & Math Primitive Reflexes

Eye Teaming & Focusing

Convergence Insufficiency Double Vision Computer Vision Syndrome Accommodative Disorders Ocular Motor Dysfunction Vertical Heterophoria

Special Needs

Special Needs (Overview) Autism Spectrum Down Syndrome Cerebral Palsy Developmental Delays

Other Conditions

Concussions Nystagmus Low Vision Ocular Health Refractive Error

Therapies & Tools

Syntonic Light Therapy Prisms
Topics

More Topic Pages

Binocular Vision Dysfunction BVD in Adults Cranial Nerve Palsy Dizziness & Vision Headaches & Vision Reading & Vision Attention & Vision Lazy Eye & Eye Turns Blurry or Double Vision Motor Skills & Coordination Contact Lens Exams & Fittings Eye Exams & Evaluations
Keep Reading

Articles, Research & Proof

Longer reads, the published evidence, and what families say after therapy.

Vision & Learning Blog Nearly 200 articles on vision, learning, therapy and development — plus graduate stories. Clinical Studies & Research The peer-reviewed trials and research summaries behind optometric vision therapy. Vision & Dyslexia Studies 38 peer-reviewed papers, 1990–2018, on how visual function and reading difficulty overlap. Compare Your Options Vision therapy next to tutoring, glasses, prism, patching, surgery and waiting it out. Success Stories Meet the graduates — what they struggled with, and what changed. Media Coverage Dr. Murray in the press on vision, learning and what school screenings miss.

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