Visual impairment may be related to dysfunction in any area. Blindness is a symptom of visual impairment which is either partial or total and may be congenital or acquired. It is important for the child and its family that any additional dysfunction is fully investigated. Inheritance patterns These depend upon the underlying cause of the visual impairment. Some conditions may be inheritable for example Usher Syndrome is autosomal recessive.
Genetic advice is available for specific conditions.
This will depend on the anomaly concerned. It is available for retinoblastoma. The Institute was founded by Dr Thomas Rhodes Armitage in 1868 and is a National Registered Charity No. 226227. Members Non membership society representing 19,000 affected children and 1 million adults. The Society is a National Registered Charity No. 254052 founded in 1973.