Irlen Syndrome, Dyslexia, Migraines, ADHD & Asperger’s Syndrome
Irlen Syndrome, Meares-Irlen Syndrome, or Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome is a very specific problem associated with the photoreceptors of the eye and how wavelengths are absorbed and processed by multiple systems of the brain. There are different manifestations of this complex problem. An individual may experience just a couple or all of the symptoms: eye-strain, […]
Q&A at http://irlen.com Scroll down to “If I have ADD or ADHD, can I be helped with Irlen colored filters?”
Irlen East “ADD and ADHD” from East of Englands Center for the treatment of Irlen Syndrome
Reading Problems With […]
“To date, I have replied to queries that Irlen is different to color-blindness which is a vision problem. However, there can be a definite connection for some! Two students who are “color-blind” found that placing the selected Irlen overlays on the page helped one student identify correct colors. When doing the assessments, Bev […]
Due to the nature of Irlen Syndrome, various subtests of the Wechler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition (WISC-IV), and of the Woodcock-Johnson Psychoeducational Battery, Third Edition, Cognitive and Achievement (WJ-R) are adversely affected. In addition, continuous performance tasks reliant on visual processing, such as The Test of Variables of Attention-Visual (TOVA-Visual), are also negatively […]
Arizona newspaper article by Paula Abromovitz, Irlen diagnostician
A MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION OF VISUAL INFORMATION PROCESSING IN
IRLEN’S SCOTOPIC SENSITIVITY SYNDROME
by Jeffrey David Lewine, Ph.D, John Davis, Ph.D., Sherri Provencal, M.A.,
James Edgar, M.A., and William Orrison, Jr., M.D.
Conducted at The Center for Advanced Medical Technologies, The University of Utah School of Medicine,
Salt Lake City, Utah, and Department of Psychology, The […]
Sixteen-year-old Michelle Carter’s world looks a whole lot clearer thanks to a pair of purple glasses. Michelle was diagnosed in New Zealand at age seven and she used to avoid reading.
See this excellent brain scan within the article “What is Irlen Syndrome?” Notice the large white areas illustrating how hard the brain is working to perceive without Irlen filters.
Read about brain scans by referring to Neuroimagery on Wikipedia
Reading Disabilities and the Effects of Colored Filters
The Effects of Irlen Colored Lenses on Students’ Specific Reading Skills and Their Perception of Ability: a 12-Month Validity Study
Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome/Irlen Syndrome and the Use of Coloured Filters: a Long-term Placebo Controlled and Masked Study of Reading Achievement and Perception of Ability
Some Research and Other Papers Relating […]
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