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California School for the Blind (CSB)

Causes of Vision Loss In Children

This information was written for children and young teens, who have visual impairments. It tells the name of the impairment, the causes and what accommodations to try if you have the impairment.

Search our A-Z directory to find a condition of interest

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A

Alstrom Syndrome

Astrocytoma of the Optic Chiasm

B

Brain Tumor or Brain Injury

C

Colobomas or colobomata

Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI)

Cytomegalovirus or CMV retinitis - PLEASE SEE Infections

F

FEVR or Familial Exudative Vitreo-Retinopathy

G

H

I

L

Lawrence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl Syndrome

Leber's Congenital Amaurosis

Leber's Optic Neuropathy

M

Marfan's Syndrome

N

Neurological visual impairment see Cortical Visual Impairment

O

Optic Nerve Atrophy

Optic Nerve Hypoplasia

P

Persistent Fetal Vasculature (syndrome) or PFV (S)

Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous (PHPV)

R

Retinal Detachment

Retinitis Pigmentosa

Retinopathy of Prematurity

Rod-cone Dystrophy

S

Septo-optic dysplasia (De Morsier Syndrome)

Stargardt's disease

Stickler's Syndrome

U

Usher's Syndrome

V

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada