The Irlen Institute has a website that deals with this disorder:
http://www.irlen.com/index_sss.html
Shirley Lukenbill, Librarian
512-428-3410
Wells Branch Elementary School
Round Rock Independent School District
14650 Merrilltown Drive
Austin, TX 78728
-and-
Lecturer
School of Information
University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station D7000
Austin TX 78712-0390
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Leah Hawkins
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 8:41 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: reading with colored overlays
The topic of using colored overlays to help with reading was recently
mentioned/discussed briefly. I remembered attending a very interesting
lecture
given over 10 years ago at a place similar to Sylvan Learning Center.
They
talked about a specific disorder which was helped by using various
colored
overlays. They showed simulations of what a person with this disorder
would
see when they looked at a page of black and white text - it was
horrifying:
all the letters would be shadowing themselves OR letters in a sentence
would
be "falling" right out of the sentence OR there would be big gaps
between the
letters in a word or sentence, etc.
I finally found a one page information sheet from that lecture in my
files.
The disorder is called scotopic sensitivity syndrome. It is a very
complex
disorder and cannot usually be diagnosed by a regular optomotrist or
opthamologist; it is extremely difficult to diagnose at all. Some
symptoms
include sensitivity to lights, severe eye strain/fatigue, poor reading
comprehension, etc. Various testing with a variety of colored overlays
and
even combinations of colors provide "relief" for those who suffer from
the
disorder.
A google search on the disorder found lots of related sites if anyone is
really
interested.
--
Leah Hawkins, Librarian
West Hurst Elementary
Hurst, TX
leahleah@attbi.com
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