My son has a eye problems and won't learn to drive? how can i help him?lazy eye?

Question

my son age 19 was born w/lazy eye. When he was younger we went through patching the good eye and finally sugery. at about 16 yrs. the eye went back oever. The doctors basically said there wasn't much they could do. we finally cinvinced him to get his permit. he is avioding driving. He drove a couple of times and he got freaked. he said something about the lines and seemed very uneasy about it. any time i offer him to drive he says no i'll pass. he is a very hard worker. this is a step toward independence for him. I can't drive him around for ever. The last eye visit his good eye was 20/20. his bad eye was very poor. has any one had a experience like this? I need to know what to do?

Answer 1

I had two friends in high school who only had vision in one eye each (one had a cataract on one eye, and the other had a glass eye.) They drove just fine and were super-fired-up about learning to drive, though it did cause them some problems. Plenty of people have vision in only one eye and drive just fine after they make a few adjustments to compensate for it.

I wonder if it's his eye or just anxiety about driving in general. Maybe he should put a patch over his bad eye again and try driving just using his good eye. I mean, he can't really use his bad eye much, anyway, so he shouldn't have the distraction of seeing through it a little bit. My parents also know three other people who have vision in only one eye and I didn't even know those people were blind in one eye until my parents told me. If the bad eye just isn't going to work, then help him rely on his good eye--it's enough to drive with. Try to find out what's really bothering him and encourage him to keep working on driving--it's worth the anxiety!

Answer 2

i have lazy eye after many patches i wouldn't keep on and two eye surgeries. I am 39 now and have driven since i was 17. tell him it's no big deal! he should enjoy getting in the car and being the best driver ever! those with eyes like ours see a little different yes, but thats a postive while driving! we can see things that normal visioned folks cant'....at least not at the same time!

tell him when he gets in the car to drive next time, honk one for me!

Answer 3

If your son doesn't want to drive, you can't force him. There are many people who can't or won't drive, but they manage. Hopefully, he can overcome his fears, but if he has a phobia about this, it's for the best, right now, that he doesn't drive. Some others can take over the job of giving him rides. I have a sister with vision problems, she's 48, and has never driven. She depends heavily on others for a ride, but has survived thus far.