These children may have difficulty learning their colors or learning to read. In all forms of hereditary nightblindness both eyes are usually affected to about the same degree at the same time. As always, the important thing is to recognize a child may have a problem as soon as possible. The nightblindness of vitamin A deficiency is easily solved if the nutritional needs can be provided early enough. The hereditary forms of nightblindness await a solution at present.
Much work is in progress.
Even in the absence of a prevention or cure there is a great deal that can be done to help the children, the parents, the teachers and the employers cope with the problem. He or she will know the experienced people in your area to help you. When the hardwood trees of the northeast don their fall color there is nothing comparable or more beautiful. This photograph was taken by a photographer from a hilltop south of Syracuse near Truxton, NY called Dog Hollow. Several limited edition copies of this photograph have been donated to fund eye research, education and awareness.