*My children too where labeled as lazy as well as the oldest was thought to
have adhhd and also dyslexia *
**
*but and just weren't working to what they could do and they never got good
marks in school again a problem *
**
*with the lighting.I now homeschool them and they have improved dramatically
and are finished their year since *
**
*the end of March.*
**
* Yes they are behind but they catching up quickly. I am glad you will be
getting your lenses soon, as it makes such a difference in our lives, my
oldest was having such bad distortions she would go blind for a few seconds
when they were the worst, the teachers were no absolute help at all but more
of a hinderance to her.*
**
*My one wish is to meet Helen Irlen some day and just say thankyou for the
work she has done to help people like us to be able to live comfortably, and
like you my children and i love to read but couldn't do much of that at all
and now it is different we can read and we even do counted cross stitch. *
**
***and their school marks are in the high 90's it is so much easier to
teach them at home because i can teach them the way they need to be taught.*
**
* good luck with your new irlen glasses i hope it goes good for you.*
**
* Donna*



On 5/1/07, Val <poetic_pets@...> wrote:
>
> For the initial testing appointment, I saw Helen Irlen. For the
> filters appointment, I saw Marilyn Ashley.
>
> My filters will be very dark blue/grey, with some green on the one
> eye (I haven't used that eye to see in forever since when it turns
> on, all I see are flashes of light, so it was amazing to get some
> vision out of it at all).
>
> In school they thought I had ADD. Then they thought I had
> dyslexia. My parents said both of those are made up so I couldn't
> have either and said I was just a lazy child who refused to read (oh
> how I would have LOVED to read if I could have, I read so many books
> on audio as soon as I found out about that, and before that, I read
> thousands of pages using computer reading software where the
> computer reads to me). Now in my 4th year of college, I finally
> have my own job and a car (took me forever to learn to drive), so I
> got testing. I might get dyslexia testing as well because now our
> school says they do it (2 years ago when I went in, they did not).
>
> Val
>
> --- In
glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com<glimmercoloredfilterglasses%40yahoog\
roups.com>,
> "Donna Leonard"
> <emmiezmom@...> wrote:
> >
> > What i have been told is that if one in the family has Irlen then
> you best
> > be looking around at the rest of your family ther ewill be at
> least 1 or so
> > more all of us have it in my family, my husband and i both have it
> as well
> > as both of our children, oh and my mother too has iren as well she
> is going
> > for her glasses soon too.
> >
> > * my glasses are golden yellow and medium blue my oldest daughter
> has deep
> > purple purple grey and deep blue for her indoor glasses for her
> out dooor
> > glasses she has another 20 tints to me the color looks like mud
> but they
> > work well for her. My youngets has teal blue medium blue and
> orange.*
> > **
> > *Now you know you have Irlen you will be able to recognize the
> symptoms in
> > your children and they won't suffer like you did. I know it took
> me about 7
> > years of fighting with the school system to get them to help us,
> so when i
> > moved them out of public school and put them in a reserve school
> right away
> > they brought in the specialists that helped my girl and from there
> the rest
> > of us got the help we needed.*
> > **
> > * Who was your diagnostician? we have seen Val Rizok in Dauphin
> and Bev Butt
> > in Regina both are great to work with and both i would trust.*
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 5/1/07, Val <poetic_pets@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Welcome! I am still anxiously awaiting my filters. :) Glad to
> hear
> > > they've worked so well for you.
> > >
> > > It makes me worry about possibly being a parent that everyone
> seems to
> > > have kids with Irlen as well. I'm severe and wouldn't want me
> kids to
> > > have the same problems I did in school. I wonder if there is any
> > > research on exactly how common it is for it to be genetically
> linked?
> > >
> > > Val
> > >
> > > --- In
>
glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com<glimmercoloredfilterglasses%40yahoog\
roups.com>
> <glimmercoloredfilterglass
> es%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > > "leonarddonna_1963"
> > > <emmiezmom@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I ahve been diagnosed for 2 years now and the difference is
> > > incredible
> > > > i have had to have my glasses changed once in the 2 years but
> i am
> > > now
> > > > better no headache any more.
> > > >
> > > > I just joined this site and wanted to say hi.
> > > >
> > > > Donna Leonard
> > > > (mom of 2 children who are also severe Irlen)
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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> >
>
>
>


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