{"id":369,"date":"2021-03-19T11:09:14","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T11:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/?page_id=369"},"modified":"2021-03-23T20:09:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T20:09:34","slug":"what-is-cvi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/index.php\/what-is-cvi\/","title":{"rendered":"What is CVI"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"369\" class=\"elementor elementor-369\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-20cf481 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"20cf481\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e8905db\" data-id=\"4e8905db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be5e7b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"be5e7b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.1 - 14-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-container{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-container>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));-ms-flex-item-align:stretch;align-self:stretch;-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0}.e-container>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-container>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-container>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27e2e52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27e2e52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.1 - 14-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is CVI?<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d216c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d216c3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce91a12\" data-id=\"ce91a12\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ec33e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ec33e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.1 - 14-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Cerebral Visual Impairment or CVI is an umbrella term for brain-related problems with vision<\/strong><\/h5><p>Children with brain-related visual impairment, also known as CVI, have difficulty seeing the world around them and this can cause avoidable mental health problems like anxiety and low self-esteem.\u00a0<\/p><p>CVI can manifest in many ways \u2013 like being unable to: find things in a cluttered page; or avoid bumping into people; or copy; or change eye position effectively to keep focused on a task. In a primary school\u2013aged child this can appear as failure to understand; as clumsiness or inattention, or as social and communication difficulties.\u00a0<\/p><p>The visual impairment underlying these problems may be hidden as the child may appear to be able to see objects normally. Therefore, their behaviour is put down to other causes and may elicit punishment, or to being set back academically.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e137ef0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e137ef0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.1 - 14-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"770\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CVI-Project_children-illustrations_2-1024x1016.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CVI-Project_children-illustrations_2-1024x1016.png 1024w, https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CVI-Project_children-illustrations_2-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CVI-Project_children-illustrations_2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CVI-Project_children-illustrations_2-768x762.png 768w, https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CVI-Project_children-illustrations_2-1536x1524.png 1536w, https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CVI-Project_children-illustrations_2-1568x1556.png 1568w, https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CVI-Project_children-illustrations_2.png 1721w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-078abfe\" data-id=\"078abfe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6614256 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6614256\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"770\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CVI-Project_children-illustrations_4-1024x864.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CVI-Project_children-illustrations_4-1024x864.png 1024w, https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CVI-Project_children-illustrations_4-300x253.png 300w, https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CVI-Project_children-illustrations_4-768x648.png 768w, https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CVI-Project_children-illustrations_4-1536x1296.png 1536w, https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CVI-Project_children-illustrations_4-1568x1323.png 1568w, https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CVI-Project_children-illustrations_4.png 2024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba70334 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba70334\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Which children have CVI?<\/strong><\/h5><p>Several groups of children are known to be at increased risk of CVI. In children born prematurely (approximately 7% of births) many studies report CVI in sometimes as many as 86%. Similarly, children with learning difficulties, cerebral palsy, autism, or with other developmental disorders may have CVI with varying frequencies.\u00a0<\/p><p>The available population data are based on visual acuity: for example, a population-based survey estimated that 5.9 per 10,000 children in the UK were registered as blind or visually impaired, of whom half have CVI.\u00a0<\/p><p>However, using visual acuity as the diagnostic marker misses many children with CVI, whose acuity is normal or near-normal (they can read down a chart). Over half of the 1.55 million (19%) children with special educational needs (SEN) in 2013 had diagnoses that put them at excess risk of CVI. If 1 in 20 of these has CVI then the population prevalence would be 1% but there are no robust data to provide a true figure.\u00a0<\/p><p>The diagnosis of CVI requires multidisciplinary input, for example for paediatrics and ophthalmology, to establish whether the child\u2019s vision is or is not as expected for their age and level of development.,<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11b028e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11b028e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55c465f\" data-id=\"55c465f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25f7779 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25f7779\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>There are many internet sites with information about\u00a0CVI.<\/strong><\/p><p>These include:<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cvisociety.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The CVI Society<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/cviscotland.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CVI Scotland<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rnib.org.uk\/insight-online\/cerebral-visual-impairment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The RNIB CVI Information<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rnib.org.uk\/insight-online\/supporting-children-cerebral-visual-impairment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The RNIB CVI Support<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ulster.ac.uk\/research\/institutes\/biomedical-sciences\/research\/optometry-and-vision-science-research-group\/vision-resources\/resources-for-professionals\/cerebral-visual-impairment-assessment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ulster University Vision Science Research<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is CVI? Cerebral Visual Impairment or CVI is an umbrella term for brain-related problems with vision Children with brain-related visual impairment, also known as CVI, have difficulty seeing the world around them and this can cause avoidable mental health problems like anxiety and low self-esteem.\u00a0 CVI can manifest in many ways \u2013 like being &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":984,"href":"https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/369\/revisions\/984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecviproject.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}