No, Vision Therapy is for individuals of all ages and those with various visual needs. It’s never too early or too late to begin treatment, thanks to the brain’s neuroplasticity. The earlier the issue is identified, the sooner treatment can begin. Vision development begins before birth, and binocular vision starts to develop around 4 months of age. The first year of life is critical for vision development, and by the end of the first year, babies have vision skills similar to those of adults. However, vision continues to develop and refine throughout our lives. Vision therapy can start as early as infancy to support and enhance child development.

Many adult vision therapy patients wish they had been diagnosed earlier in life to avoid years of struggle. Vision plays a vital role in all aspects of daily life. The earlier you learn to see properly, the better your quality of life can be. As we use our vision the right way, it continues to develop and improve. Vision skills, much like sports or music, require ongoing practice—and the process of learning to see never stops. If we don’t learn to see properly, we start developing inefficient strategies to compensate. The more we rely on these strategies, the more we reinforce those ineffective ways of seeing. This is why some children don’t improve their reading, even if they work so hard and read a lot. These children may be diagnosed with dyslexia, as their difficulties often stem from underlying visual coordination issues rather than just a reading problem.

Practicing skills in an inefficient way doesn’t necessary lead to perfection—it only reinforces bad habits and makes them more ingrained.