• Therefor there would be 3 to 4 Irlen students in the average classroom whether they have been identified as struggling with reading or not. (They may be quite intelligent)
  • 46% of students struggling with reading and/or attention/concentration problems are helped by Irlen filters as one layer which makes it easier to address the remaining problems. About 1/3 of those identified with ADD, ADHD or dyslexia are being mislabeled and actually have Irlen Syndrome and improvements occur with the use of colored filters.
  • Acording to Author, Barbara Fisher whoe co-wrote “A Shot in the Dark” 1 out of 6 children are now learning disabled. The book investigates the connection between DPT vacination and autism.
  • 80% of dyslexics are male
  • 90 million adults have literacy skills below the sixth-grade level according to the Dept. of Labor in 1992 and 40 million were below the third-grade level
  • The 1993 National Adult Literacy Survey found that even though most adults had finished high school 25% of them were unable to read.
  • There 7,000 educators trained in using Irlen colored overlays in the USA, United Kingdom and other countries. Over 100,000 adults and children wear Irlen colored filter lenses and millions of individuals use Irlen Colored Overlays.