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[quote=Anonymous]Hi-
we had the experience with our 10 year old Aspie son (the one who told the joke today!) We have taken him to Dr. Vincente at Friendship Height twice in the last 5 years. Our son routinely fails the vision test at our DCPS school (I mean every single year) and there is absolutely nothing wrong with his vision. The testers just have no clue how to test an atypical child. When it first happened we were concerned. Our awesome ped at Spring Valley referred us to Vincente. He spent A HALF AN HOUR JUST TALKING WITH MY SON. it was incredibly thorough. Bottom line he says: "Your son has 20x30 (I think, don't remember exactly) vision. An optometrist would sell you glasses based on that. I as an ophthalmologist am telling you, he does not need them." Cost $500.00, luckily covered by insurance. Fast forward 5 years. Son has failed 5 vision tests in a row. DS begins to fixate on the idea that his vision is blurry. Maybe it is because he takes Concerta which can have this side effect. We take him back to Vincente. Exactly same DX. Cost $550, $50.00 of which was not covered by insurance. And so it goes.

Bottom line sometimes with SN kids it is so behavioral that you really can't tell. I wanted to believe in the $1000.00 dollar a pair tracking glasses. No reputable behavior ophthalmologist would prescribe such glasses. Seriously. Bottom line. We went the full 9 yards on this one.[/quote]

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