Vision
General web sites on visual disabilities
- Amblyopia (nei.nih.gov)
- Amblyopia (pedseye.com)
- Amblyopia (drgreene.com)
- Amblyopia (intelihealth.com)
- Blepharitis (National Eye Institute)
- Blepharitis (Angeles vision clinic)
- Blepharitis (intelihealth.com)
- Cataract: what you should know (National Eye Institute)
- Cataracts in Children (Cleveland Clinic)
- Congenital Cataract (medical encyclopedia)
- Congenital Cataracts (rnib.org.uk)
- Tips for navigating the internet (Accessibility Guide)
Refractive errors
- Refractive errors (Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford)
- Refractive errors: Astigmatism, hyperopia & myopia (Childrenshospital.org)
- Hyperopia - farsightedness (MedlinePlus)
- Farsightedness (Hyperopia) (stlukeseye.com)
- Farsightedness (Hyperopia) (intelihealth.com)
- Myopia - nearsightedness (MedlinePlus)
- Nearsightedness overview (Mayoclinic.com)
- Nearsightedness (myopia) (stlukeseye.com)
Nystagmus
- Eye movements - uncontrollable (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Nystagmus (med.nyu.edu)
- Nystagmus (nystagmusnet.org)
- Understanding nystagmus (lowvision.org)
Strabismus/crossed eyes
- Strabismus (Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford)
- Strabismus (MedlinePlus)
- Strabismus (allaboutvision.com)
- Strabismus (preventblindness.org)
- Strabismus (strabismus.org)
- Crossed eyes (strabismus) (intelihealth.com)
Vision and Down syndrome
- Down's syndrome ophthalmic problems: key points (dsmig.org.uk)
- Testing vison of a child with Down syndrome (lea-test.fi)
- Down syndrome from an optometrist's viewpoint (dsrf.org)
- Dispensing bifocals to children (and adults) with Down syndrome (DS medical interest group)
Research articles and abstracts
- Incidence of ocular pathologies in Italian children with Down syndrome (PubMed)
- The impact of optical factors on resolution acuity in children with Down syndrome (PubMed)
- Surveillance of vision and ocular disorders in children with Down syndrome (PubMed)
- Association between accommodative accuracy, hypermetropia, and strabismus in children with Down's syndromeme (PubMed)
- Down syndrome and early cataract (PubMed)
- In focus: the use of bifocal spectacles with children with Down's syndrome (PubMed)
- Refractive development in children with Down's syndrome (PubMed)
- Strabismus and binocular function in children with Down syndrome (PubMed)
- Biometric measurements in the eyes of teenagers and young adults with Down syndrome (PubMed)
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Disclaimer: The information provided is intended to be informative and educational and is not a replacement for professional medical evaluation, advice, diagnosis or treatment by a healthcare professional.
