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Experts have identified five elements of a brain-based condition that has emerged as a leading cause of vision impairment starting in childhood in the United States and other industrialized nations.

Unlike other vision impairments, CVI stems from an injury to the visual centers of the brain that affects how it communicates with the eyes. People with CVI usually have healthy eyes but have trouble ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Cerebral/Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) is the most common cause of childhood blindness, but it is often left undiagnosed. A State House awareness day set the groundwork for changing ...

Known as cerebral (or cortical) visual impairment (CVI), some estimates suggest that at least 3% of primary school children exhibit CVI-related visual problems, which vary, but may include difficulty ...

Lorenzo reads out loud from an iPad inside a classroom at Miami Lighthouse Academy. “Pete was getting more ...” He pauses, sounds out one of the large, yellow words, then starts reading again.

Experts convened by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified five elements of a brain-based condition that has emerged as a leading cause of vision impairment starting in childhood in ...

From the very beginning, so much about my son Henry didn’t make sense. The clues were all there; we just didn’t know how to read them. He didn’t look at me or recognize me when I walked into the room.

Shannon Goff, left, helps her son, Lennix Goff, center, age four, at the Parkesburg Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt for the blind and visually impaired on Sunday at the Parkersburg City Park. Lennix is ...

Perkins School for the Blind is launching a virtual academy to share, with educators located anywhere, techniques for teaching students with rare disabilities. Perkins Academy will kick off this ...