Often people consider Strabismus as just a cosmetic aberration more than a functional visual disability. In this Article, I explain how strabismus can cause serious functional visual limitation in Children and Adults. Each of our two eyes sees a slightly different picture of the world. If you have binocular vision, it means your brain can take the two pictures from the two eyes and put them together into a single three-dimensional perception of the world around you. This is a complex skill that is quickly lost when the eyes don’t line up.
Without binocular vision, your depth perception may be limited. One of the main benefits of binocular vision is to be able to judge depth and speed of objects well. Children with poor or no binocular vision can have difficulty with these tasks. This may lead to problems with: Pouring juice into a cup Catching or hitting fast moving balls Walking up or…
