Hi Julie,

Is there a way you can send me this article. I will try to post it in
files. I will be down maybe for a week due to minor surgery tomorrow.

Lu

--- In glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com, "Julie M. Evans"
<julie@c...> wrote:
> Some of you would be interested in this recent research
article (cited below) by British researcher Arnold Wilkins, author of
Reading Through Colour; How coloured filters can reduce reading
difficulty, eye strain, and headaches (Wiley, 2003). Irlen syndrome
is known as Meares-Irlen Syndrome by Wilkins and others.
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> From the article: "One possible mechanism of the
benefit of coloured filters is therefore that they redistribute the
activity within the visual cortex in such a way as to reduce the
amount of excitation in locally hyperexcitable regions." (Check this
quote before using it, please.)
> Those benefiting from coloured filters, the articles
mentions, are persons with photosensitive epilepsy and migraines (or
persons with a family history of migraines). He also mentions
anecdotal evidence of help for those with MS, autism and head injury.
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> You'd find his thoughts about printed lines as visually
stressful "stripes," type size and so forth interesting. He and his
coauthors say type size gets too small too early for young readers,
creating discomfort, reading difficulty, dislike of reading, etc. (We
Irlen screeners find some clients were good readers until about age
8, when print got smaller and text got longer.)
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> Here's an abstract and the link to the full article.
> Journal of Research in Reading
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> Table of Contents > Issue > Abstract
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> Volume 27: Issue 2
> Visual stress theory and its application to reading and
reading tests
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> Arnold Wilkins
> Jie Huang
> Yue Cao
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> Abstract
> This paper presents a theory of visual stress. The theory is
applied to the assessment of symptoms of visual stress and its
treatment with coloured filters. The theory has implications for
standard reading assessments that relate both to the visual skills
and the age of the children taking the tests. These implications are
reviewed, with the conclusion that insufficient attention is paid to
visual factors in reading, particularly in the design of reading
tests.
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> Article Type: Original Article
> Page range: 152 - 162
> 11 Page(s)
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> The full article is at:
> http://www.essex.ac.uk/psychology/overlays/JRIR_02702004.pdf
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> I can also email you the article in a pdf file if you are
interested.
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> Certified Irlen Screener
> 502 Riverside Dr. NE
> St. Cloud, MN 56304
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> Irlen Syndrome can include problems with: reading (blurring, etc.),
headaches, eyestrain, light sensitivity, attention
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