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I located a page from the Bella Online website which discusses Irlen Syndrome (a visual perception condition caused by frequencies of light not passing through the optic nerve smoothly causing distortions during the reading process). This is sometimes the cause for some students to be considered "lazy readers" because they tire quickly from reading the printed page (which may be glossy or brighter and creates an optical distortion). A few months ago there were several people on the list who were interested in the "colored lenses" which are used with students (and adults) to help alleviate this syndrome ( I've examined these lenses myself and were amazed to find that the elimination of some of the light frequencies actually relaxed my eyes and created a calming affect that allowed me to read for longer periods of time. Although I do not have these lenses myself, I was allowed to examine several different colors when I was the librarian at the Oklahoma School for the Blind. They were fun to examine to see how they worked---my favorite color is the dark green). Here is a link to a variety of resources that were on the Bella Online website. http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art15944.asp I thought I would share this information with you to either use now or tuck away for future reference to offer to parents, teachers, or school nurses when students who seem to have some difficulties in reading and all other avenues of testing have been exhausted. It could be a simple answer to helping a child become an avid reader. ~Shonda Brisco Trinity Valley MS / US Librarian Fort Worth, TX sbrisco021@charter.net =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-