It is expensive we got ours paid for from The Society for Manitobans living
with Disabilities for the glasses part, i paid for My youngest ones testing
it cost me 160.00 depends on where you live you might get help from the
health plan you have. But it is so very worth it.

The testing is exhausting and is designed to bring out the symptoms if they
are severe you will see it right away and don't be surprised at what he
might say he will be tired and may be sick to his stomach or have a headache
but let him go to a dark room for awhile and sit quietly it should and most
likely will help the headache go away.

I was lucky that i never had to go through the testing but i have sat
through or attempted to sit through the testing with my children and mother
yes my mother has Irlen as well. I couldn't sit with either of them it made
me uncomfortable so i had to leave.


Is he able to see better in the dark rather than the daylight ?

Both of my 2 can see in the dark better than the light i on the other hand
am night blind with out my glasses i can't see 2 feet in front of my face
and tend to trip over my own feet in the dark.

The bonus is he will get to wear these really cool colored glasses and be
able to see like every one else again and his work will improve in school,
he will start to sleep better at night and he will gain confidence you and
he never realized he had and when he goes for the initial testing, they will
try him with colored filters, and the difference in his reading ability is
like nothing you will have ever seen, he will notice the errors and will
correct him self when he reads out loud, now my children read for fun becaue
they want to.

You will never be sorry you take him for testing, and don't let the eye Dr.
tell you they can make the same tints for your child because they can't, the
Irlen Institute is the only ones who can do the proper tints the child needs
to help him.

I wear green and black lenses, my oldest wears dark purple dark purple
grey and dark teal blue in hers, my youngest wears 2 tints of blue and 1
tint of orange which looks really nice gives the blue a different kind of
look.















On 3/22/08, capdmom <capdmom@...> wrote:
>
>
> Thank you for responding.....I forgot, until you just wrote it. My
> son has often said to me, "mom don't you see the I see the rings of
> colors on the wall," which I never saw. He has never said it about
> reading. But I am going to ask him.
>
> I am now sure I am going to get him tested. I doubted the school and
> myself because my son's eye doctor (he also has Strabismus) does not
> seem to believe in it as well as the person that did the educational
> testing.
>
> What is the testing like? Is it expensive? Does health insurance pay
> for it?
>
> CAPDmom
>
> --- In
glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com<glimmercoloredfilterglasses%40yahoog\
roups.com>,
> "Donna Leonard"
> <emmiezmom@...> wrote:
> >
> > Welcome to the group
> > First i would like to say this sure sounds like Irlen, first of
> all both of
> > my children and myself have it and the same things you decribe are
> what mine
> > suffered before they finally got thier glasses and filters. The
> difference
> > is like night and day.My oldest saw glowing rings of color around
> the words
> > on paper the blurry moving words and all she was not to bad in
> math but
> > horrid with reading and just refused when she had to. My youngst
> never said
> > and thing about the words or anything but she could not read or
> read hand
> > writing neither could she write she prefers to print so as long as
> she can
> > do some thing i don't mind the work gets done easier, less arguing
> that way
> > too. I chose to remove my children from public school and home
> school them
> > because of the lights and all the other noises they heard cuts down
> on the
> > headaches and such too this way they learn i feel better and are
> much
> > happier than before so much luck with what ever you decide it will
> make life
> > so much easier for your son and for you if you decide to get the
> testing
> > done i don't regret it for a second i am just happy i was given the
> > opportunity to have mine tested.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 3/22/08, capdmom <capdmom@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi, I am new to this group (new to online groups in general). I
> have
> > > a 9 ½ year old son, in the third grade, that is having trouble in
> > > school. We just had an educational evaluation done and it did not
> > > show any issues and his over all IQ was 110. However, the
> evaluator
> > > encouraged us to get an evaluation for CAPD. There is a strong
> > > history in our family. I am also Dyslexic. I do think he might may
> > > have CAPD.
> > >
> > > In addition to this, my sons School is wondering if he has Irlen
> > > Syndrome. So I have Joined this group to better educated myself.
> The
> > > problems I see with my sons reading is that he reads very slowly
> when
> > > he reads out loud, he tends to skip small words like the, he, etc.
> > > He often uses his finger or book mark when reading and tends to
> read
> > > faster when he uses them. He has clear avoidance behavior when it
> > > comes to reading. He does read directions on school work. He is
> the
> > > least likely in his class to settle down and focus on reading
> during
> > > his independent reading hour in school. He does not have the
> greatest
> > > hand writing. According to his teacher his Capitalization and
> > > Punctuation is poor and although he is good in math he tends to
> make
> > > careless mistakes.
> > >
> > > Given the above issues I do believe he is having some type of
> > > Tracking issue and/or motor control issue while reading. However,
> he
> > > has never complained about light being too bright or the words
> moving
> > > or blurry on the page. And at this point I think he feels self
> > > conscious about everything and has clammed up and does not want to
> > > talk about it. And I do not want to push him.
> > >
> > > My questions are.....What types of comments are parents hearing
> from
> > > their children who have Irlen Syndrome. What behaviors are parents
> > > seen from their children that have Irlen Syndrome. And does anyone
> > > have a child that has both Irlen Syndrome and CAPD?
> > >
> > > Thank you
> > > CAPDmom
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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