An Ophthalmologist Reviews Learning Disabilities

D.J.Stark, FRACO, FRCS (Edin)

There is a fascinating mixture of fact and fiction in the confusing claims and counter claims of those managing patients with learning disablilities requires some elucidation.
Recent electrophysiological evidence shows that patients with specific developmental dyslexia have definite evidence of brain damage. This will perhaps alter acceptance of reported abilities to improve reading with visual training or orthoptic procedures. Statistical reappraisal of some claims should be made before they can be accepted.