Vision Support Team

Eye Conditions

There are many visual conditions that can affect the child/young persons eyes, optic nerve (carries visual information) or brain (processing visual information).

The Vision Support Team Qualified Teachers of Vision Impairment have developed a selection of information leaflets around the most common visual conditions that thousands and in some cases even millions of people in the UK experience every day.

For those children and young people that do have a vision impairment and are supported by a Qualified Teacher of Vision Impairment from the Vision Support Team, advice and guidance on the child or young persons visual condition will be given in a bespoke Vision Management Plan.

The following leaflets below give an explanation of the condition, how it affects the child’s vision, and what can be done to help.

• Amblyopia 
• Astigmatism
• Blepharitis Conjunctivitis 
• Blepharitis Keratoconjunctivitis
• Conjunctivitis
• Eye Patching – Patches and Atropine Drops
• Hypermetropia or long-Sighted
• Monocular Vision- Right Sided Loss of Vision
• Monocular Vision- Left Sided Loss of Vision
• Myopia or Short Sight
• Ptosis
• Squint, Strabismus, Esotropia or Exotropia
• Visual Stress- Also known as (Meares) Irlen Syndrome

With these conditions, if the advice and recommendations are followed all being well the child will not have reduced vision. The child or young person will not have a vision impairment (where the vision long-term is still reduced with glasses or contact lenses). These children or young people will not require a Qualified Teacher of Vision Impairment to support them.