Many children and adults with autism have treatable visual problems that cannot be detected in a standard eye exam. Our expert doctor provides specialized eye tests for special needs patients, such as those on the autism spectrum, including nonverbal autism. Dr. Malhotra also offers the full range of vision correction options for the patient with autism, such as a yoked prism or ambient prism prescription lenses and/or Vision Therapy. Many times, these highly effective forms of vision correction are life-changing for the person with autism.

Individuals with sensory processing disorders need special vision exams because they often present with healthy eyes, 20/20 eyesight, and normal depth perception but still have faulty visual processing, eye tracking, eye teaming, or other undetected vision problems that interfere with successful reading, learning, and sports participation, etc. Testing methods for evaluating the vision of a person with Sensory Processing Disorders will vary based on the person's levels of physical, emotional, and cognitive development. Dr. Malhotra is a developmental optometrist who is very experienced in adapting the testing situation to the individual's capabilities.

Not all optometrists or eye doctors provide in-depth testing for the developmental and functional visual difficulties that can come with Sensory Processing Disorders. And not all offer the relevant treatment, such as Vision Therapy. We are developmental vision specialists and this area is one of our specialties.

Dr. Malhotra is experienced in testing and treating children and adults with Nonverbal Learning Disorders. As described in Sensory Processing Disorder above, these patients often have healthy eyes, 20/20 eyesight, and normal depth perception yet can still have visual processing, learning, and sensory problems that can be helped with lenses, prisms, and/or Vision Therapy.