enormously.... beautiful:)Large eyes, and though people can't tell..she has a large head..kinda lumpy too:) There was some research on large heads in kids with autism..not sure if it is across the board but Sarah's head seems to be huge for her little body:) I tell her she has big brains and that's why she is so smart:)
Blessings,
Shelley
ShelleyR39105.4826041667My son has big brown eyes but no large pupils.
My eyes themselves are at or above the 95th percentile. My pupils have often been large, I don't know what they're like now. My dad called them "owl eyes" when I was little.
I can remember starting to shut down really badly on a school field trip, and staring directly into a light while someone was exclaiming that my pupils were enormous. (This was seen at the time -- pre-diagnosis and while I had more speech, this was right around puberty -- as evidence I was on drugs.)
I didn't want to highjack the other thread here but it made me think about my son's eyes and I meant to post something about this before and I just forgot So I am posting it here. ANyway.....Do any of your children have unusually large pupils? My son does. It gives him the appearance of having large eyes or "doe eyes" My son's pupils are usually always large. They do and can react to light but for the most part they always look dialated...even in pictures where a flash has been used. Just wondering if any of you notice this with your children and what it might mean? I do know that my son's eyes do not respond to being spun around or "getting dizzy" so I was just wondering if anyone else knew anything about this and if it is related to sensory as far as vision is concerned anyway.
Karrie
No large pupils, just very big brown eyes.Large pupils: I've never noticed anything special about my son's pupils. My sister's pupils are large, though, and she is not autistic by any stretch of the imagination (has a history of migraines, though). If your child has large pupils, I'd suggest talking to an optician for advice about light sensitivity and preventing sun damage.
Don't forget to check how the eyes work together: A vision check shouldn't just be about farsighted vs. nearsighted, but should also check how the eyes work together, especially if your child has a reading problem. I believe this is normally screened using a stereogram card (a "hologram" picture of a couple everyday objects that you can only see easily if your eyes work well together). If a problem is suspected, you would presumably get a referral to an orthoptist, who specializes in this subject.
My son sees fine, but his eyes are pointing two slightly different directions. It's still within normal range, but we need to monitor the condition, especially since my husband has this problem and needs prisms in his glasses to correct it (otherwise he gets headaches).
Pupil size as a sign of meltdown: At a recent autism seminar here in Norway, the guest speaker talked about a mother who "just knew" when her severely autistic daughter was heading towards a meltdown, even though she couldn't put words on what it was that tipped her off. The speaker spent hours interviewing this mother, asking painstaking questions, until they finally figured out that it was pupil size that was the clue. Then the staff that worked with the child could use this clue to head off meltdowns and improve this child's quality of life. Fascinating.
Liam has very large, very light blue eyes. He also has a HUGE head (his daddy does as well). My husband can't wear a ballcap-- they look ludicrous on him. Liam already wears adult sized hats-- now they are set smaller, but he JUST turned 5. Youth hats fit him sometimes, but are getting small. Remember he is huge in general though. As a matter of fact, we went to dinner to a place tonight where kids under 7 eat free, and didnt realize until we left that they charged us for Liam!!! He turned 5 a month ago!
anyway, I will try and dig up an "eyes" picture. His pupils are normal though.
heather
Aryan,
Those are some really beautiful eyes and yes they look large but it looks like his pupils are where they should be. As far as I can tell anyway. God is he a cutie!!!
Karrie
I don't think I ever noticed it before, but looking at my son's pupils in the pic in my signature, they are huge! Especially when you compare them to mine, and a flash was used. I went back and checked some others and I guess they are pretty big. Oh yeah, he's big headed too. LOL His head size is off the charts!My son's pupils are dilated most of the time-he has ADHD. Most children I've seen and adults with ADD/ADHD have this. My mother said when I was younger, I very much had this and from time to time I still do. I have adult ADD. She said they were wild eyes!Wow...never even thought of the ADD thing.....but it wouldn't be true for us though because I have ADHD and I think my pupils react normally to light. Adam so far as i know anyway doesn't have Add or Adhd. Oh and my oldest son has ADHD and his pupils are normal sized too. When you said "wild eyes" It really struck a cord because that is exactly what I think sometimes about his eyes but he is not acting wild at the time or anything. I've often said that there was something different about my sons eyes but I just couldn't put my finger on it well it was just recently that I put it together and realized that it was his pupils.
Karrie
Karrie, has he ever been to a eye doctor?Yes he has and they never really said anything about it. We went for a full vision exam for school. I took him for one when he entered the school system because he was getting fully evaluated. They had offered to do it but being military I have access to get him to an eye doctor and I wanted to make sure that he didn't need glasses before he started school. At the time I took him though I hadn't even thought about his pupils. I just thought he had large eyes. I posted on the dizzy thing and it makes me wonder if the two are somehow connected. You know....the vestibulococulear nerve in the brain? HMMMM
Karrie
You know it seems like a high-flight navigation system of the brain.....HUM...
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