My 2e DS10 has vision challenges, some of which a developmental optometrist said that his brain had learned to compensate for such that she wouldn't want to interfere with those aspects if we were to do VT. She said she could get about a 30% improvement (on other aspects of visual processing), so we've just sat on it since that winter eval.

I'm wondering if any of you experienced folk can help with a couple things. Is 30% worth the energy and money, if ultimately, some things for sure cannot be improved, while he's currently successful in school, and even improving in things like ball sports just through time, maturity and practice?

And if DS cannot turn his eyes upward intentionally, maybe never will be able to (as a permanent post-surgical limitation; he normally turns his head up to direct his eyes), to do something like look at the top of his head in the mirror to see the part in his hair, what do we do to work around that?

In terms of a lifetime accommodation skill set, what do we do to minimize anxiety and potential frustration? And is it dangerous to do some sports if you don't have full eye rotation movement?

A mirror mounted at a diagonal above/behind him in the bathroom (or his room), so he can see the reflection of the top of his head looking straight at the regular mirror.

I don't know the answers to your other questions, but that sounds like one to handle pragmatically.