Children diagnosed with Learning-Related Visual Dysfunction and children diagnosed with ADHD experience many of the same signs and symptoms:
• Failure to pay close attention to details or making careless mistakes
• Difficulty sustaining attention
• Failure to follow through on instructions or to finish work
• Easily distracted by extraneous stimuli
• Fidgeting in seat or having trouble staying seated.

As a result, unfortunately, children can sometimes be misdiagnosed. A developmental eye evaluation can determine whether a Learniing-Related Visual Dysfunction is causing behavior that may otherwise be attributed to ADHD.
Dawn Grandmont, COVT, Grand Developmental Vision Institute, GrandVisionInstitute.ca