Friday, August 31, 2012

A new outlook

I was reading in the Temple Grandin book about how some autistic children could benefit from seeing a Development Optometrist.  Some research shows that distractions that impact the ability to focus on their work can come from different color contracts or certain lighting, like fluorescent which tent to flicker.  Most of us don't tend to notice this in our daily lives, but to a person with sensory issues, who know to what extent it effects them.  Since he's always had some sensory issues, this may be something that can be helped with the aid of colored lens.  I know when we do homework he does get distracted at times, but also in school he does seem, according to his teaching and his work, be behind in some cases then the rest of the class.  So I looked into this and found a Doctor in Burbank.  We're going today, let's see how this goes…to be continued