I was talking with Evans teacher this morning. About our concerns for his learning. That we feel there is a learning difficulty going on. She agrees.
There is a long history of trying to figure out what is going on with this kid but I am yet to get answers & we have just done the best we can.
Anyway she mentioned this Irlen Syndrome (which I had recently read a little about) & that its to do with colours. When I said Evan is colour Blind she thought it was really interesting & worth looking further into.
I can't really find much on the net though, well I can but it doesn't quite suit Evan. But most of what I have read is about the syndrome in Adults not kids.
So have you experienced this one, know anything more that I can read etc?
I haven't personally, but I do know of people with children who have it. A local school close to me even ran an information night about it because they have quite a few children with it that go there. The people I know said that their son had to have all of his work printed on buff coloured paper, as he just couldn't see what was printed on a white sheet. But my knowledge is pretty limited. I will see what I can find out for you though. ETA - I forgot to say that he had to wear coloured glasses as well.
I came across this site too that has a lot of info about it http://irlen.com/index.php?s=what not sure if you would have come across that one already though.
Last edited by Trillian; March 2nd, 2011 at 09:44 AM.
Evan Can read well enough but he doesn't comprehend what we reads. Doesn't like to read, really hates to write. can't follow patterns (numeracy) stuff like that. I actually mentioned Dyslexia to his teacher which when she said the Irlen syndrome. It is just a lot of guess work at the moment & we do have appointments later this month with a pead & the school is organising what assessments they can do also. But yeah just want to read up on things so we have some idea.
I got tested for Irlin as a cause for migraines. It involved looking at lots of patterns and pages of words and numbers, and trying out the different tints for the lenses to see what colours made a difference (putting a tinted sheet over the paper and working out what colours make the images sharper)
It is not widely accepted or still considered experimental - one doctor I spoke with thought it was hogwash. And interestingly, the glasses or assessment were not covered by my health insurance. But I have a friend whose son (a teen) has the glasses and it has made a world of difference to him.
In the end I didn't get glasses, but adjusted the colour and brightness settings on my computer screen, as that seemed to be the culprit for me.
At DD1's school the teacher's son had it and she suggested that M get tested by a behavioural optomotrist. I found one in our area, who bulk bills.... I still haven't done it, but I spoke with M's OT about it who suggested that a lot of children with sensory issues often come up with it if they do have visual processing issues.
Yep, his teacher recommended I take him to a behavioural optomotrist. He is due to have his eyes checked anyway so will go where she suggested. Cairns also has a centre (Bill Spooner) who tests for Irlen Syndrome so we will takeit a step at a time because really everything I have read about it so far, kinda sound like ti could be but not really. Plus being colour blind not sure how the tint will help?
What do you know about Irlen Syndrome?
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