It sounds like your son is a whole lot like me, extremely light
sensitive. For me, overlays were very helpful, but Irlen filtered
glasses are immeasurably better. I highly recommend that you find an
Irlen diagnostician in your area who is certified to prescribe Irlen
filtered lenses. Unlike overlays, your son can wear the filtered
glasses all of the time to help him see and possibly, as in my case,
hear without the distortions. You can find a state by state or a
world wide list of certified Irlen diagnosticians on the Irlen
Institute's site. The URL is for the US listing can be found at
http://www.irlen.com/NoAm.htm
Filtered glasses work miraculously for me. They make it so much
easier to function at my best in every way. They ungarble my world,
both visually and auditorily. They help me to learn and do things
easier and be much more coordinated. The best thing is that they
make it so every single system in my body works much better.
From my own personal experience, I would highly recommend
considering frames with wraparound lenses to keep as much unfiltered
light out as possible and maximize the benefits. I also recommend
that you let him try wearing a baseball cap, even with the filtered
glasses. The kind of flourescent lighting that they use in schools
is notorious for causing light sensitivity symptoms to be at their
worst, so even with filtered glasses, your son might be able to see,
feel and work better when wearing a baseball cap to keep the light
that shines in from above from causing problems.
I hope that helps and am looking forward to hearning from you soon.


--- In glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com, "Kelcey
Colclazer-Edwards" <mehc9699@y...> wrote:
> Hey everyone! I'm a new member, and am so thankful I found this
> group. My nine year old son has Irlens Syndrome, we found out when
> he
> started second grade. I received no help from the school, and
because
> of that, I home schooled him the rest of that year. Then at the
> beginning of third grade we had him screened for Dyslexia and
> Dysgraphia. We found out that he is dyslexic (Visual and Auditory)
> and
> moderately dysgraphic. He uses his overlays in school, and his
> teacher was really good with him this past year, but I am worried
> about this coming school year. If anyone has any advice on
anything,
> please feel free to email me on or off line. My biggest problem is
> remembering he does not see things the same as everyone else, then
I
> feel guilty because I have made him do something that he might not
be
> able to.
>
> Kelcey
> TX