Recognising visual perception issues in people with learning disabilities.

Why you should read this article: • To explore the causes and consequences of cortical visual impairment in people with learning disabilities • To understand better how to recognise visual perception issues in people with learning disabilities • To contribute towards revalidation as part of your 35...

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Publicado en:Learning Disability Practice Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 34 - 44
Autor principal: Gray, Mark
Formato: CEU exam questions pictorial Journal Article
Publicado: Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The) 10/5/2023
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          Risk Assessment
          Vision Disorders Complications
          Cerebral Cortex Pathology
          Visual Perception Evaluation
          Retina Pathology
          Intellectual Disability Complications
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          Vision Disorders Diagnosis
          Education, Continuing (Credit)
          Developmental Disabilities Complications
          Childbirth, Premature Complications
          Refractive Errors Risk Factors
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          Eye Physiology
          Hand Physiology
          Motor Skills
          Temporal Lobe Pathology
          Vision Disorders Classification
          Light
          Cataract Complications
          Color Perception
          Color Vision Defects Pathology
          Visual Fields Evaluation
          Movement
          Diplopia Risk Factors
          Neural Pathways
          Leg Physiology
          Optometrists
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      ab: Why you should read this article: • To explore the causes and consequences of cortical visual impairment in people with learning disabilities • To understand better how to recognise visual perception issues in people with learning disabilities • To contribute towards revalidation as part of your 35 hours of CPD (UK readers) • To contribute towards your professional development and local registration renewal requirements (non-UK readers) Sight issues, which can be eye-related or brain-related, are common among people with learning disabilities. Premature birth or subsequent developmental delays can cause damage to the areas of the brain that process vision, leading to cortical visual impairment. Eye-related and brain-related sight issues can manifest as impaired visual perception causing, for example, difficulties with light perception, colour perception, object perception or movement perception. People with learning disabilities may display behaviours indicative of visual perception issues, but such behaviours are often ignored or misinterpreted. This article explains the causes and consequences of cortical visual impairment, describes visual perception issues that commonly arise from ocular/retinal or cortical causes, and outlines how learning disability nurses can detect the presence of visual perception issues in service users.
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