Obviously intelligent, detailed and social, James used to struggle to concentrate for prolonged periods in school. His teachers did not understand why he could be right on point sometimes, then inexplicably fall in a heap at other times. Sometimes, he would even go to sleep during class, and sleep so deeply that once, the teacher called the school nurse because he would not wake up.
At a loss to understand why this was happening, his parents brought him to us, and discovered that he suffered from Visual Processing Disorder. When the right tint combination was discovered during the lens assessment process, he said “it makes my brain wake up”.
James was introduced to his new normal. In the process, he articulated what we have known for a long time: Visual Processing Disorder causes a sufferer’s brain to work overtime doing tasks that the rest of us find simple and easy. Brains suffering from Visual Processing Disorder can only do this for a short time before they get exhausted – and check out, disengage, or like James – literally go to sleep.
If James sounds like someone you know, give us a call on (03) 8812 7616 because we would love to help them discover their new normal.