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Refusal to look

CliveC

My son is 5, and he refuses to look. Not just at people in the eye, but at anything. If you ask him to find the blue block, his eyes won't go to the blocks. He just chooses a block without looking, at random. If he's trying to put on his trousers and he gets stuck, he won't look to see what the problem is; he just keeps pulling and then gives up. He won't use his eyes to take in information and learn. And frankly, without that, he's pretty much going to stay where he is. He can repeat back chunks of dialogue from Chuggington (although barey comprehensibly), but he can't learn from what he sees because he hasn't made the connection between looking and learning. Any suggestions?

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  • This is a really thoughtful response and opens up a whole lot of possibilities that I had not considered. I'm not sure how easy it will be to diagnose which if any of these he's suffering from, but they are certainly avenues to explore with his pediatrician and optometrists. He wears glasses, but one of them is plain glass while the other is for acute myopia. So there is a real imbalance there, and maybe that is causing some issues with targetting or 3-D images. He recognises people very well, but that doesn't mean he's not suffering from some form of Agnosia. And he may indeed be having Sensory Integration problems. His focus on the TV when he's watching Chuggington or Thomas is exclusive and all-absorbing. It's really hard to interrupt his concentration. He even reaches for food without looking where his plate is or what's on it! Anyway, lots to think about – thank you!

    Clive

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  • This is a really thoughtful response and opens up a whole lot of possibilities that I had not considered. I'm not sure how easy it will be to diagnose which if any of these he's suffering from, but they are certainly avenues to explore with his pediatrician and optometrists. He wears glasses, but one of them is plain glass while the other is for acute myopia. So there is a real imbalance there, and maybe that is causing some issues with targetting or 3-D images. He recognises people very well, but that doesn't mean he's not suffering from some form of Agnosia. And he may indeed be having Sensory Integration problems. His focus on the TV when he's watching Chuggington or Thomas is exclusive and all-absorbing. It's really hard to interrupt his concentration. He even reaches for food without looking where his plate is or what's on it! Anyway, lots to think about – thank you!

    Clive

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