Do children with Sensory Integration Dysfunction or Binocular Vision Dysfunction have brain damage?
A. Most of these children do not have actual brain damage as diagnosed by electro-physiological testing. Certainly children with brain damage would show some problems in the areas of sensory integration or visual processing, but the reverse is seldom the case. A.J.Ayres, O.T.R., Ph.D., in her book SENSORY INTEGRATION AND LEARNING DISORDERS states that “learning is a function of the brain;learning disorders are assumed to reflect some deviation of neural function.” The problem is generally not brain damage but that the nervous system does not operate in an efficient manner.Once certain processes are developed through the therapeutic use of proper types of sensory stimulation in a well organized environment,the child’s brain frequently operates much more efficiently.
