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SAVE VISION IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

DR. USHA A. JOHARI

Human navigation, perception and interpretation of the surrounding visual scene require interaction between the visual system, the motor system and the parts of the brain serving attention, perception and cognition.

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CORTICAL VISUAL IMPAIRMENT

DR. ADITYA GOYAL

Cortical visual impairment (CVI) is a decreased visual response due to a neurological problem affecting the visual part of the brain. Generally, a child who has been diagnosed with CVI has a normal eye exam .

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UNDERSTANDING CEREBRAL VISUAL IMPAIRMENT

DR. JATINDER BALI & DR. OJASVINI BALI

Phineas Gage was a railroad worker born in July 1823 in New Hampshire, U.S. (died in May 1860 in California) who survived a traumatic brain injury caused by an iron rod that penetrated his skull.

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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IN NEURO DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS

DR. SUNIL MOREKAR

An estimated 1.4 million of the children in the world are blind. A blind child is more likely to live in socioeconomic deprivation, to be more frequently hospitalised during childhood and to die in childhood than a child not living with blindness

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NAVIGATING MY LIFE AS A MOTHER OF A SPECIAL LITTLE GIRL

AMI JAGTIANI

As a mother of a neuro divergent child, who was severely premature, I wish to highlight my perspective of the multiple challenges faced by me and a few solutions.The responsibility of caring for a medically compromised and premature child.

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BREAKING THE NORMS OF CEREBAL PALSY

NAMAN AGARWAL

I was born on a festival Rakhi, ie., 4th August 2001 blessed with a twin sister. I was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy at the age of 8 months. My life changed completely as I was different from normal children & my physiotherapy started from that early age.

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