Binocular vision is having the eyes and brain work together to what they are supposed to see how they are to see and where they are to se the object.
Here's a little information most of u may be interested in.
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Vision encompasses testing peripheral vision, depth perception, spatial awareness, stereopsis, binocular, 3D, convergence, and so much more. All of your internal systems, vestibular, neural, nervous, and other rely heavily on your visual processing because your brain and eyes have to process the Information u see not only how u are seeing it, where u r seeing it, and what u r seeing. Binocular vision teaming/tracking are so very important when it comes to your vision. All Of these visual processes can be acquired by vision therapy. In the uk they are known as behavioral optometrists. Go to www.babo.co.uk to locate one near you.
For instance, if one has amblyopia/strabismus one eye may shut itself off because it's not visually processing the information that it sees properly so folks go around only seeing out of one eye. Or having surgery done to cosmetically fix the turn instead of treating the root cause of the issue.
This is why so many people are misinformed about what vision actually is.
20/20 eyesight acuity is your distance at far.
Vision is everything else up close, to the side, judging how far a car is away from u, where one is standing in "space" called spatial awareness. This is why so many children seem to have learning disabilities because their vision is off and it throws out all kind of symptoms and the VTODs are aka behavioral/developmental optometrists bc they have been taught/trained to look at behaviors and developmental milestones along with learning the visual aspect and eye diseases etc.
This is why when u get examined by a VTOD it is a full comprehensive eye exam that can last from 2-3 hrs. The best money ever spent to either rule in or out vision issues.
One does not miss what one does not know. If you had perfect vision, as mentioned above, and then don't have it u know what u r missing. It's all about the quality of life one chooses to live.
My son at age 22 mos. had strabismus plus strabismus corrective surgery which made his vision worse. After surgery he was developmentally delayed with many issues. This gave My son a mis-dx with moderate autism pdd-nos, we were told at age 5 that he would not b a productive member of society, he would live with us the rest of our lives, and get a special needs trust. I was devastated to say the least! We found a great OT who figured out he needed vision therapy. Within 4-6 weeks we were seeing tremendous changes in him. No more lining up cars/items, no more repeating questions over n over again, his handwriting improved, speech improved, coordination improved, running, riding a bike, he could finally put Legos together, bathroom issues got better, reading improved, and more. 4 yrs later and after 3 yrs of vt he is thriving in the classroom, needs minimal assistance and the sky's the limit. He is now dxd with Aspergers. He is still working on the last part of attaining his 3D vision. He's come such a long way. So very proud of him ❤️❤️❤️❤️
His dxs by the VTOD were strabismus, amblyopia, esotropia, exotropia, no peripheral vision, no depth persecution, no spatial awareness, no stereopsis, no 3D. He was seeing double with a head tilt bc the surgery just cosmetically aligned his eyes. Most POs do not know a thing about vision only 20/20 sight acuity far vision -snellen chart 😔
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Most Opthamologists tell people there is a cut off age for surgery/acquiring binocular vision like ours did bc most of the time it is used as a scare tactic. 😡😔 and if it is a binocular issue the Opthamologist doesn't know anything about the functional part of the eye on the medical side of the eye.
Knowing what I know now, I ask myself why did the PO tell me my child would go blind in one eye of we didn't do surgery by age 2? Why couldn't the PO tell me my child was seeing double after surgery? Why couldn't the PO tell me he had amblyopia? Why couldn't he tell me Joshua had Esotropia, Exotropia, no binocular vision, no depth perception, no peripheral vision, no spatial awareness, no stereopsis and no 3D?
These questions have boggled my mind for 9 yrs now. I know now why he couldn't tell me why? POs are surgeons. They do not have training with vision n these issues bc they are functional issues, meaning the body has to function properly so that all 15 visual processing skills are used to their fullest potential. Vision is the key element it's processing the information one takes in to make sense out of what it's seeing to tell the brain.
I wish u all the best and I am just sharing information so that others do not have to suffer like my son did/does.