Is amblyopia associated with school readiness and cognitive performance during early schooling? Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study

Amblyopia is a neurodevelopmental condition causing reduced vision, for which programmes of whole population child vision screening exist throughout the world. There is an ongoing debate about the value of screening due to the lack of evidence about meaningful functional impacts of amblyopia. Our objective was to determine whether amblyopia is associated with school readiness and early cognitive performance.Data from the prospective Millennium...