Read real life accounts of four people who came to an Irlen diagnostician after their opticians’ “precision colored lenses”failed to help.

Note: Choose “Comparisons between Irlen and colorimeter”.

Then select “Clients Views” at the top right

When I see forsythia I first think of my mom who had them in her garden. I always enjoyed them, but now I see them as a 3-dimensional image. The depth within the bushes is spectacular. Every part of the bush is now in outstanding focus. When I see things like this, or amazing trees in the fall that leap out of the soil, I thank Helen Irlen for leading us to her discovery of what is now known as Irlen Syndrome. For me it sure isn’t just about reading!

Go to Dyspraxia USA to read “What is Dyspraxia?”

Read “Early Symptoms of Dyspraxia”

Read “Adult Symptoms of Dyspraxia”

Read “Testing for Dyspraxia”

According to Wikipedia dyspraxia entails the partial loss of the ability to coordinate and perform certain purposeful movements and gestures in the absence of motor or sensory impairments.

Dyspraxia may be acquired (e.g. as a result of brain damage suffered from a stroke or other trauma), or associated with failure/delay of normal neurological development- i.e. Developmental Dyspraxia, or Developmental Coordination Disorder. The term Apraxia is more often used to describe this symptom in clinical practice, although strictly Apraxia denotes a complete (as opposed to partial) loss of relevant function.

This is an impairment in the development of motor coordination which may affect the acquisition of motor skills such as walking, crawling, buttoning, etc., hence the term Developmental Coordination Disorder. People with this condition are usually clumsy and may have difficulty building models, playing ball, and printing and writing. People with dyspraxia are usually clumsy, drop things frequently, may bump into objects or people, spill often, and are accident prone. Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is not diagnosed when the criteria are met for Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) but many people with autistic spectrum disorders have the same kinds of difficulties and may be diagnosed with dyspraxia. Those with Asperger Syndrome, particularly, often have difficulty with coordination and appear clumsy. (The preceeding was taken from www.mugsy.org/asa_faq/definitions/sensory.shtml)

To See Signs and Symptoms of Developmental Coordination Disorder (Dyspraxia in the UK):

please refer to http//www.rainbowreaders.co.uk/19624.html

Read Tom’s Success Story After Help by Using Irlen Filter Lenses:

Read that Irlen Filter lenses offer help for dyspraxia in this article from IRLEN EAST in England.

In my opinion the following symptoms would be improved by wearing Irlen Filter lenses:

• Loses place frequently when copying or reading.

• Bumps into things and other people.

• Difficulty catching a ball or driving (poor hand-eye coordination).

• Difficulty writing on a line.

• Eye movement problems: (tracking) Difficulty following a moving object smoothly with eyes without moving the head excessively. Tendency to lose place when reading.

Perception:

• Poor visual perception, oversensitive to light.

• Little sense of speed and distance leading to difficulty driving.

• Lack of awareness of body position in space and spatial relationships. Can result in bumping into and tripping over things and people and dropping and spilling things.

• Learning: Difficulty with concentration; may be easily distracted.
• If you have remedied part of dyspraxia in a family member please comment. Please add any traits that I have missed.

Drag your cursor across the various tint colors provided from this English Website.

Also see this helpful effect available at the upper right of the screen at www.irlen.com. Just single click on any color.

Read reports of results at IRLEN.COM

• print on dull paper (not glossy white paper)
• print in columns as opposed to across the page (may prefer newspaper or magazine)
• space between the lines to allow easier focusing
• illustrations, especially in books such as self-help books
• a little larger print font
• short chapters (due to limited attention time)

Go to several sources at THIS LINK.

A 24 page book is “Bratty-Cat, Blinky-Roo, and Snooze-Bear” by Susan R. Smith. It is not available from Amazon; it is available from www.irlen.com.The second book is “Jamie Lee and the Magic Glasses” by Jay Luthy. I recommend this book highly. It is excellent for sharing in front of a classroom or a child can be allowed to read it to learn about Irlen Syndrome. It is printed in a large format with big print and is very colorful.

I provide a link to this article. It is copyrighted. When you reach it, in order to read the entire abstract a one-time registration is required. This gives you access to all material on Medscape and it is free. Simply go to THIS LINK AT MEDSCAPE and register.

The article was written by Marlene Busko, a staff journalist for “Medscape Psychiatry” which is part of Medscape Medical News. The title is “Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants More Likely to Show Early Signs of Autism.”

I saw a Disney print last week that I really like. It shows Mickey Mouse doing a self portrait, but the character on the portrait is Walt Disney, his creator. The question becomes who is who’s alter ego. Walt was quoted as saying “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.”

I heard some time ago that Disney theme park buildings were specially constructed to convey perspective or height. Disney imagineers created an illusion by utilizing forced perspective.

As you enter Main Street USA from the railroad tunnels, the buildings on each side of the street are not full scale. They actually get smaller as they rise. First floors are approximately 12 feet high, the 2nd floors are about 10 feet high and 3rd floors are about 8 feet high. In fact 1st floors are at 3/4 scale. Second floors are at 5/8 scale, and 3rd floors are at 1/2 scale. Imagineers designed the buildings this way so they would fit the scale of the park. So the apparent height of the buildings is an illusion engineered through the set-designers’ forced perspective. This creates the impression of tallness in buildings of modest, domestic height. This toytown scale - impossible in the real world- gives adults the same feeling of mastery and control that children feel when playing with dollhouses or miniature villages or a model-train layout.

At first I wondered if Walt Disney failed to see with proper perspective, but in the final analysis it seems this was a common design illusion of the day. I suggest clicking on forced perspective to read about this illusion method’s use in move production.