I am wondering the same thing about my 11 year old son. I think my son still has vision issues, especially when he is tired, and I do think it caused his scores to be lower than they would have been if he did not have these issues. My son is homeschooled and he works for about 15 or 20 minutes and then takes a break because he gets headaches if he keeps working. He always had a problem with endurance. The neuropsychologist who tested him was aware of this but she still tested him in one session. I think she needed to see how he did without those breaks so she could diagnose his motor dyspraxia. We had difficulty getting a diagnosis in the past because his intelligence allowed him to compensate for some of his issues. I think if I want to see my son's actual ingelligence he will need to be tested over more than one session. I still don't have his full report. I was told it usually takes about 30 days to get it. I do remember she said my son's processing speed was low. I don't know if my son had a headache yet at that point but I know when I get migraines it slows me down and I have trouble thinking.
My son had vision therapy for several months when he was seven because at that time he couldn't read more than a paragraph or two without his eyes getting tired. He could read paragraphs from Time and Newsweek magazine without any trouble if he kept his finger underneath the words as he read, but skipped lines and had to really slow down his reading if he didn't. It was hard for me to believe he had a problem with vision when he had learned to read on his own at 2 1/2. I didn't think it was possible. His developmental optometrist only tested him for about 15 minutes and after several months of vision therapy he said there was nothing more he could do for him.
I think my son needs more extensive testing and I am going to try to get that done along with everything else that he is now eligible for since he finally has his diagnosis on paper.
