Cortical Blindness in Multihandicapped Children

Heather Crossman, DipAppSc(Cumb), DOBA

Three case studies of diagnosed cortical blindness are presented, and their patterns of recovery are compared, with particular emphasis on length of recovery time and current level of vision. All three were found to progress to a level of ‘panoramic vision’, with any further improvement being limited to within these boundaries, that is, vision primarily concerned with spatial relationships and movement by orienting the eyes and limbs to sudden peripheral movements.