FunVis: evaluating a brief functional vision assessment for non-vision specialists working with non-speaking children with bilateral cerebral palsy

PURPOSE: evaluates children's ability to fixate, shift gaze, and track a moving object. METHODS: Forty‑four children participated. We analysed relationships between FunVis performance: (i) when scored by school staff and separately by a vision specialist; (ii) and the Eye‑Pointing Classification Scale; (iii) and child characteristics; and (iv) the presence of visual impairments. FINDINGS: items were more likely to have clinically identified visual impairments than those who successfully fixated, shifted gaze, and tracked. CONCLUSIONS: FunVis appears valuable for supporting school staff in recognising functional vision abilities and providing a structured method for documenting visual behaviours that might otherwise go unnoticed.