Ocular Motor Apraxia (OMA)
Information Leaflet
Sometimes called: oculomotor apraxia, congenital ocular motor apraxia (COMA),
saccadic delay, congenital saccadic palsy, congenital gaze palsy.
Please copy and distribute this leaflet to families and medical practitioners who deal
with Ocular Motor Apraxia. The latest version is available from the OMA Web Site.
What is Ocular Motor Apraxia?
Ocular motor apraxia is a visual condition where a child or person has difficulty in
controlling their horizontal eye movements.
The condition may be diagnoised from birth where the child may be visually unresponsive
or thought to be blind.
A distinguishing characteristic is a head thrust which develops where the head over-rotates
to one side to move the eyes into poistion and then jerks back to return the head to a
forward position.
An Internet Web Site and E-mail mailing list has been set up to help provide information
about this condition to both families and medical practitioners
Providing information on:
Articles * Discussions * Other resources on OMA * E-mail mailing list
- Medical Practitioners:
- Please inform families of this resource on OMA.
- Please consider registering cases of OMA. Further information and an online
registration form is available at the web site. Registration requires
only basic registration information and records the incidence of OMA
world wide.
- Families and patients with OMA:
- Please feel free to visit our Web Site.
- Researchers and authors on OMA:
- Please contribute your knowledge and findings to the Web Site information
resource. Copies of your papers are especially welcome and are fully
acknowledged.
Ocular Motor Apraxia - Leaflet (5 Apr 1998 a) http://wwweb.org/oma/leaflet.html