High functioning autism in a visually impaired case

Abstract

Dogustan gorme kaybi olan cocuk ve ergenlerde davranis sorunlarina sik olarak rastlanmaktadir. Gorme engelli cocuk- larda otizm benzeri belirtiler de bildirilmistir. Bu olgu sunu- munda konjenital bilateral gorme kaybi olan 10 yasindaki bir kizda yuksek fonksiyonlu otizm semptomlarinin klinik gorun- tusu ve psikotrop ilaclarin kullanimi ile ilgili deneyimler tartisilacaktir. Behavioral problems are commonly encountered in children and adolescents with congenital visual impairment. Autism- like symptoms were also reported in visually impaired chil- dren. In this case report, the clinical picture of high function- ing autism and the psychotropic medication use in a 10 years old girl with congenital bilateral visual impairment will be discussed.