Gathering More Info

I just found another great article with information on convergence insufficiency and how it can effect a student in school. In fact it is called Convergence Insufficiency and Problems in School (clever title!).

Reading the symptoms described in this article just remind me of how bad Will was before he was diagnosed. However, they also remind me that he is still struggling with this to an extent. For example:
A person with convergence insufficiency may experience continual eyestrain during and after focusing on text. This continual strain can result in headaches, and blurred or double vision. Vision problems then often lead to an inability to concentrate and a short attention span as the reader constantly loses her place and grows increasingly frustrated. At graduated levels, someone with convergence insufficiency may experience motion sickness or vertigo as words appear to float, jump or swim. 

Read more: Convergence Insufficiency & Problems in School | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/info_7900044_convergence-insufficiency-problems-school.html#ixzz1iYBasflG

Will still experiences headaches. Many days he arrives home from school complaining about one. Still. He does indeed still have the short attention span and loses his place when reading. Like I said in a recent post, homework is still a struggle at times. I believe it is just hard for him to sit and do it. It is a strain.

The therapy has certainly helped. Especially when we were doing it every week. We have reduced our visits to every other week. While he enjoys going and we can see a difference, they are expensive!

Anyway, back to this article. There are several other links on the page with good info on how to accommodate convergence insufficiency in the classroom and other good advice and information. I wish there were a way to get the info out there to parents like me. Who know there is a problem, but have no idea what or how to go about figuring it out. I feel like we went through 2+ years of wondering what was going on and had we known to look for potential problems such as this, we could have helped him earlier.