According to Ami Klin, director of the autism program at the Yale Child Study Center, part of the medical school, the fundamental quality that defines all forms of autism is "mind-blindness": difficulty in understanding what others feel or think and thus in forming relationships.
Some reports detail unspecified signs [ 3- 5] or describe systemic effects including blindness, blurred vision, difficulty in swallowing, and paralysis, which are reminiscent of the actions of Crotalus venom [ 6].
She also has a slight trace of what autism specialists call "mind-blindness" - a difficulty conceiving what other people might be thinking.
Babies born this early run a high risk of developing disabling conditions such as cerebral palsy, learning difficulties, blindness and chronic lung disease.
Damage to those areas gives rise to prosopagnosia or "face blindness": an inability or difficulty with recognising faces.
But most users are unaware that in rare cases, it can also cause a type of color blindness, usually involving a difficulty distinguishing blue and green.
He presented to the department of ophthalmology with complaints of night blindness and dark adaptation difficulty.
Factors associated with glaucoma patient adherence are fear of blindness, forgetfulness, health literacy, difficulty with drop application, and age.
Night blindness, restricted field of vision, difficulty in discerning colours and difficulty in light adaptation were the prominent symptoms in retinitis pigmentosa [40] and difficulty with central vision was the prominent symptom in macular dystrophies.
For many spectators and viewers, they have been an astonishing introduction to the athletic feats of people with amputations, severe spinal injuries, learning difficulties and blindness.
The common feature was an ascending paralysis accompanied by movement difficulties, tremors, blindness, disturbance in hearing, and irascibility in the animals (Hepp 1887; Hunter and Russell 1954).
