Irlen Syndrome
Irlen Syndrome is a perceptual processing disorder. It is not an optical problem but rather an issue with the brain's capacity to process visual information. Individuals with this disorder perceive printed pages differently and often encounter difficulties in reading. Additionally, Irlen Syndrome can impact various areas such as academic and work performance, behaviour, attention, and the ability to remain seated or focused.
Is Irlen Syndrome the same as Dyslexia?
Irlen Treatment Method
The Irlen Institute, founded by Helen Irlen in 1983, has helped over a million people worldwide through its comprehensive diagnostic process and innovative technology (Irlen Institute, 2019). Irlen Institute is the pioneer and global leader in conducting research of the Irlen Treatment Method.
In Malaysia, Ms. Lee Li Li, a clinical psychologist at Azon Allied Health & Educare Development Sdn. Bhd., is the first Irlen screener in Malaysia. She has been conducting Irlen screening for 10 years and she found out that Irlen lenses are able to improve reading difficulties and reduce reading stress.
The Irlen Method is non-invasive technology that uses colored overlays and filters to improve the brain's ability to process visual information. It is the only method scientifically proven to successfully correct the processing problems associated with Irlen Syndrome.
According to Bogdashina (2003) individuals who have benefited from the Irlen Method report seeing better, feeling more relaxed, less sensitive to bright lights, and have fewer perceptual distortions
Technology of Irlen Method
According to Irlen Institute (2019), the cornerstone of the Irlen Method is its precision-tinted coloured overlays and filters. We use advanced colour spectrometer technology to ensure that our overlays and coloured glasses meet strict standards of colour balancing designed to produce the most effective colour-correction tool. This technology can improve reading fluency, comfort, comprehension, attention, and concentration while reducing light sensitivity. It is a colour-based technology that filters out offensive light waves, so the brain can accurately process visual information.
Take the Irlen Self-TestWhether you have specific difficulties or just want answers, the first question is: Do you have Irlen Syndrome?
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VideoWhat can you do at home to assist your child with Irlen Syndrome?
Shared Stories about Irlen Syndrome
I am so grateful for your work. My daughter is capable now (with her Irlen Spectral Filters) of being really happy, and this is priceless. May your work be spread around the world to help more people. God bless you.
— Ms. J
Thank you, My Irlen Filters has helped me in every aspect of my life. I am so grateful.— Ms. O
My name is W.M and I have been an Acupuncturist for 17 years. My daughter, Ms. H, was diagnosed with Irlen Syndrome last year, when she was 16 years old.
I had never heard of it, but upon the recommendation by the Amen Clinic in Atlanta, we pursued screening and diagnosis. It was found she had severe Irlen with reading distortions, some depth perception issues, and unknown to me, as her mother, daily continual headaches.
Because the headaches never subsided, she was never able to describe to me that she had a headache all the time. The way her head felt was how she felt all the time. It was not until she wore her specifically chosen Irlen glasses that she could describe to me that she no longer had a headache.
In 17 years of caring for my daughter 24/7, she never once complained of her head hurting. These are examples of the extreme change for the positive in our daughter. She was not fatigued in school, she was able to pay attention, she understood what the teacher was saying and what the homework was.
Homework went from taking 4-5 hours per day to 1-2 hours with more efficiency and better grades (She now has a 3.7 GPA whereas before we were praying she would pass high school with D's and C's). To say there was a change in our daughter doesn't even cover it. What the Irlen screening and diagnostics have given us is irreplaceable.
— Ms. W.M
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