It will depend on the cause of the visual impairment. I have a feeling mine was due to being put on oxygen, but who knows... So obviously on ones like that it wouldn't be genetic, but obviously there are genetic causes too.

Speaking of which... on America's Got Talent last night a girl who sang said all of her family, except her, has a condition that makes you eventually go totally blind.

My condition is not genetic, but I know that the president of the national Federation of the blind has three children and I think one of them was born blind.

My impairment is from premature birth. When my oldest was born late preterm (different reasons and I was way earlier), my retina doctors asked about birth weight etc but so far, both kids have had healthy eyes.

ETA I am myopic, have ROP and strabismus related to my premature birth.

Steven Johnson Syndrome? Like the rash/reaction to some allergen or medication?


https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/stevens-johnson-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20355936


This?



If so the answer to your question is that the condition is not a genetic condition at all and can not be passed down to your children.




I guess it is not impossible that you could pass down all the genes that make it more likely to develop this condition (that is improbable) and even if you did pass them down your child would then also have to come into contact with something to trigger the reaction to have an issue. Then the reaction would have to occur in the eyes and not on the more common skin location.




So basically I'd say it's on the edge of impossible for your vision issues to be passed onto any child.

Mine, optic nerve hypoplasia, is apparently genetic, but my daughter was not born with any problems. She's six now. My wife is also fully sighted.

It depends on the disease and it’s cause. I am the visually impaired daughter of a visually impaired father. The condition we have is genetic dominant, so there was a 50/50 chance I would get it (as I have), and a 50/50 chance my kids would have it. I’m lucky to have grown up with a very technologically savvy father and a stubborn mother, who fought to teach me assistive technology early on. By high school my district’s VI department was having me tutor other kids because of how well I knew assistive techs

I don’t know enough to say what the chances are for your possible kids, but google and a doctor may be able to help you determine that. And even if you end up with visually impaired children, it isn’t the end of the world and you can do a lot as a parent to help and support them.

If your really worried just get a genetic test and ask your doctor

We were defiantly worried but neither of my children were born with my VI. My advice is don’t let that stop you, having children is the best thing I have done with my life. Hard but, amazing.

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome is not genetic so your kids will not be blind unless you have some other genetic issue.

I’m just a carrier. An affected carrier, but I don’t qualify as blind. My oldest son, though, is losing his vision. I didn’t know for sure that I was a carrier until he was diagnosed. I don’t think I would have chosen not to have kids if i had known, but I can’t be sure.