Children with multiple impairments often have visual impairments. This article reports on a study of the methods that 21 ophthalmologists used to assess the visual acuity of such children and the difficulties they encountered. In many cases, the information that was obtained by these methods would not be clearly understood by parents and educational and rehabilitation personnel and would not facilitate the educational management of the children. The authors describe additional means of assessing visual function and suggest alternative avenues of communicating the results.
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