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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 514149" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Helen Irlen is a Sydney doctor who identified this back in the 1970s. My nephew was identified as having this problem and wore coloured glasses. Back then, to see the Sydney specialist team was expensive and there was a long waiting list, but the info was sent to a local optometrist near where my sister and her son lived. The boy was checked out with different colours and shades to see what seemed to work best for him; what he ended up with were actually dark grey.</p><p></p><p>A young friend of ours (he's about 12 years old) has been diagnosed with Irlen syndrome as well as Asperger's and ADHD.</p><p></p><p>The manifestation of Irlen syndrome is primarily dyslexia; but it is dyslexia which specifically responds to reducing the range of sensory input in colour frequency range. Every individual responds to a different frequency of preference and trial and error can be all that is needed.</p><p></p><p>If you want to check it out, read up on it but perhaps (lateral thinking here) get in touch with a local dramatic theatre and ask to 'play with' their lighting gels. Get the child to look at a page of text through different colours (and combinations of different colours) to see if he/she notices any difference. Take notes as you do this and if you can find out, note the specific colour that seems to work best (ie the frequency of light that is transmitted through the gel).</p><p></p><p>It's the cheapest way to do this, at least to begin with.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 514149, member: 1991"] Helen Irlen is a Sydney doctor who identified this back in the 1970s. My nephew was identified as having this problem and wore coloured glasses. Back then, to see the Sydney specialist team was expensive and there was a long waiting list, but the info was sent to a local optometrist near where my sister and her son lived. The boy was checked out with different colours and shades to see what seemed to work best for him; what he ended up with were actually dark grey. A young friend of ours (he's about 12 years old) has been diagnosed with Irlen syndrome as well as Asperger's and ADHD. The manifestation of Irlen syndrome is primarily dyslexia; but it is dyslexia which specifically responds to reducing the range of sensory input in colour frequency range. Every individual responds to a different frequency of preference and trial and error can be all that is needed. If you want to check it out, read up on it but perhaps (lateral thinking here) get in touch with a local dramatic theatre and ask to 'play with' their lighting gels. Get the child to look at a page of text through different colours (and combinations of different colours) to see if he/she notices any difference. Take notes as you do this and if you can find out, note the specific colour that seems to work best (ie the frequency of light that is transmitted through the gel). It's the cheapest way to do this, at least to begin with. Marg [/QUOTE]
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