Symptoms:

• Avoidance of visual activity
• Head aches
• Increase in nystagmus
• Blurred vision
• Loss of concentration
• Sore eyes
• Double vision
• Watering eyes
• Inability or slowness in accommodating from near to far tasks or vice versa

Strategies for relieving fatigue:
(These strategies have been suggested by students with a vision impairment.)

• Looking away from task
• Removing glasses
• Closing eyes
• Taking a break
• Going to toilet
• Having a drink
• Looking outside
• Focusing on friends book
• Going for a run
• Resting head in arms on desk
• Massage to forehead, temples, eye brows
• Relaxation techniques, such as yoga, or consciously relaxing muscles which are tense
• Closing eyes and imagining yourself in a ‘favourite’ place
• Using a different reading medium (eg. using large print or audio instead of a magnifier when eyes are tired)
• Masking out some of the print on a page to reduce the visual clutter
• Altering reading position or posture (eg. use a reading stand for a while when tired)
• Changing the lighting conditions (eg. moving closer to the natural light of the windows, or creating more shade on the page)
• Changing the font being read (eg. change from a serif font to a sans serif font)
• Consciously remembering to blink
• ‘Cupping’ your hands over your eyes: the hands should not touch the eyes, and imagine black while doing this

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