 Vision Facts
Undetected and untreated visions conditions can act as barriers to learning and healthy childhood development. When a child is visually ready to learn, that child will succeed, not just in the classroom, but in life. Studies indicate that:
- Nearly 75% of the school day is spent in visual activities.
- More than 80% of what we learn is through visual processing.
- Between 17 and 25% of school age children have undetected and treatable vision problems that can interfere with learning.
- 1 out of 5 children entering kindergarten have undetected vision problems that may hinder their ability to learn.
- Vision disorders are the fourth most common disability in the United States.
- Vision deficiencies in school age children are often misidentified as behavior or social problems, which sometimes puts a child into the wrong "treatment track" (often at taxpayer’s expense).
- More than 75% of juvenile offenders have undetected and untreated vision problems.
- Functional illiteracy among minority youths may run as high as 40%.
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