Irlen Syndrome, Dyslexia, Migraines, ADHD & Asperger’s Syndrome
Visual Perception Testing
Ann Bonvallet, Irlen Syndrome Diagnostician
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Phone: 734-663-5590
While teaching learning disabled students in Ann Arbor Ann saw CBS’s report on Irlen tinted filters and their benefit for LD readers. This innovative treatment, which corrects visual distortions, was developed in 1983 by Helen Irlen, an educational psychologist in Long Beach, California. Irlen […]
And I take the opportunity every time to say “They are prescribed for my Irlen Syndrome. I didn’t know that was my problem. Would you like my card so you can refer a someone you know who struggles with reading or autism to my website?” Please e-mail me at wheat42@hotmail.com
Photo from our trip to The Irlen Institute in Long Beach, California to have our son be diagnosed and receive his Irlen filter tint. Marilyn Ashley,diagnostician, Ryan,Helen Irlen,me and my wife, Karen. Ryan ended his headaches from bright and fluorescent lights. This was a big day in my life. Please e-mail me at wheat42@hotmail.com.
This is a 2-page spread from the July, 1999 National Geographic article titled “Quest for Color.” Titled “Lost in the No-fun House” it depicts what it was like for an autistic woman named Alex Michaels in Boston before and after receiving her Irlen tinted lenses. With the lenses the image was no longer distorted and […]
Irlen Syndrome often affects depth perception. One outcome of this presents itself with difficulty driving. For me it made it difficult to tell when I had enough time to pass a car on a 2 lane road if another car was approaching. I also tended to come up behind cars too suddenly. In addition I […]
This would give a clue as to the benefit of color to the perceived page. The background color no longer tried to wrap around the writing or printed words. I hesitated to use pink because I thought it would be perceived as effeminate. To see the helpfullness of a colored background I suggest going to […]
Even before I was diagnosed I preferred white letters on a black background. Then the background does not try to surround the words like the background kept trying to interfere with the letters on the wall at my ophthalmalogist, Bruce Cohan. Also, in my opinion children would not have so much trouble learning to read […]
This is a broadly defined visual perceptual disorder affecting primarily reading and writing based activities. Because of this it is sometimes categorized as a form of dyslexia. However, bestselling author, Donna Williams, in her book, Like Colour To The Blind, wrote about her experience with tinted lenses after being diagnosed with Irlen Syndrome. In this […]
I would refer you to the July, 1999, article on color in The National Geographic in which there is a depiction of what it was like for a girl named Alex in Boston, Mass., when she would drive her car. The illustration shows the distorted image she perceived until she received Irlen tinted lenses after […]
Please e-mail me at wheat42@hotmail.com
I have been corresponding with others located in England and am enjoying the correspondence. I would very much appreciate hearing from more of you. I am here to provide my encouragement for you to benefit from the Irlen tint. For me it was like imagining one day I could walk through […]
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