Welcome to the group! That is awesome that despite all that, you are
able to major in music and art and do what you love. I too have
difficulty with comprehension due to how I read. While I now qualify
for books on audio through school, I am majoring in animal science and
it is pretty difficult to put science books on audio (especially
organic chemistry). But even though it is taking me 6 years, I hope
to finish college soon.


Wishing you much success!

Valerie


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"frenchhornplayer19" <frenchhornplayer19@...> wrote:
>
> I am a college student majoring in music and art. I play piano,
> paint in watercolor, and am also a ceramist. I love Baroque,and
> Classical music, and opera.
> I have Irlen syndrome; my diagnostician says that it is severe. I
> also have Asperger syndrome and epilepsy.
> Fluorescent lights are the most irritating to me. I get headaches,
> my eyes throb, and I feel very sleepy. The print on a page can look
> very strange. All the words have halos around them. Some of the words
> appear to be very light and gray. Other words are very dark. The words
> that are dark appear to float above the page with the lighter words
> below them. I get lost easily and read in a stop and go sort of way. I
> cannot recognize words beyond the one I am reading at any certain
> point. It is difficult for me to retain information under these
> circumstances. I think that my Irlen syndrome contributes to my
> seizures.
> I have to go now.
>