I wouldn't recommend limiting yourself to an online education unless you're
certain whatever it is you want to do will take an online program certificate.

I'm a college student and surprisingly now the disabled student center is
actually being quite helpful. Have you ever tried a computer assisted reading
software? I love reading that way, it highlights the words in any color you
want as it reads out loud. The voices are very realistic. If I'm reading on my
own I am lucky to be able to read 100 words per minute. But with the computer
assisted reading with the audio turned on I can "read" at 250 words per minute.
It is a great improvement.


Valerie

--- In glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com, "heather_s162000"
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> i dont remember there being a number score on my screening it was just a yes
or no on a hand full of questions and i said yes to most if not all the
questions. then when i set up mutiple meetings with mrs. irlen she was suprised
on how severe i am.
> im sorry to hear you cant avoid going under fluorescent lights. have you
considerd online courses to get your education? ive changed the way my computer
looks so its more cofterable.
> i understand the symptomes you mentioned. its always been very hard for me to
read. i used to describe the words as "they were moving around the page" but
nobody understood what i ment by they are moving. i was just told that i need to
learn a better way of explaining things or that i was a dyslexic. i later found
out more spesificly theres halos around the letters and light reflecting off the
page makes it look like they are moving. i usually have to fallow the page with
my fingeres and or use a gray overlay
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> --- In glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com, "frenchhornplayer19"
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> > I understand better now. I can see how that could make it difficult to meet
people. My Irlen syndrome is also considered severe. When I went for my
screening I scored a 17. If I'm not mistaken, 20 is the highest. You said your
lenses are dark; mine are medium, but I think I might have to get the dark ones
the next time I go back to my diagnostician. Unfortunately, I cannot avoid
having to be under fluorescent lights. When the semester is over at the end of
April, I will go back for a tint check. At the end of January I noticed my
symptoms starting to come back. Soon after that, I started having to use my
overlays again. I'm starting to loose my place a lot, and words disappear but I
don't realize it; this has started to cause me to make some careless mistakes on
my homework.
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> > --- In glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com, "heather_s162000"
<heather.selby@> wrote:
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> > > well for one question i was wondering what it means by the files on the
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> > > well my light sesitivaty is so sever that i cant go to a regular class
room without get a migrain within 20 minutes. so i get my education by studying
at home through independent study. i dont like going outside much and most
groups to meet new people are in places with bright florecennt lights. ive met
with mrs. irlen personaly and she told me that i am one of the most severe shes
every seen and she told me to never be in a places with forenent lights for more
than 10 minutes even with my dark filterd lences. so it makes it really hard to
meet people.
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> > > --- In glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com, Lance McLemore
<frenchhornplayer19@> wrote:
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> > > > I would not mind having a friend myself. Perhaps I'll email you when I
get some time. Did you have any specific questions about the group? How does
having Irlen syndrome make it difficult to have friends?
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> > > > Subject: [Glimmer 'Colored Filter Glasses'] hey im new
> > > > To: glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 2:08 PM
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> > > > i joined this group to make new friends. having the the irlen syndrom
has really heled me back from meeting new people.
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