Thank you for posting the information, Julie. I am looking forward
to reading it.
--- In glimmercoloredfilterglasses@y..., "Julie M. Evans"
<julie@c...> wrote:
> A new book about Irlen Syndrome, The Light Barrier; A color
solution to your child's light-based reading difficulties, by Rhonda
Stone, the mother of two children with Irlen Syndrome, is a "must
read."
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> (published October 2002 by St. Martin's Press; $17.47 from
Amazon.com; free shipping if you order $25 or more, I think; some
used copies already available on Amazon)
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> I"m halfway through the book in a day (thanks to my Irlen lenses)
and find it very good. I'm especially grateful for the references
and lists of top research for, against and neutral since this is the
info I've been needing for our school system's special ed director,
who wants to see only peer-reviewed research. Lists of references
that don't sort out which articles are positive, negative or neutral
aren't very helpful; I suspect our special ed director would pick a
familiar journal first... and read a negative article first!
>
> Here are some comments from other readers (from the amazon.com web
site) The only reason it has 4 stars average rather than 5 is that
someone misunderstood the directions and gave it one star when they
really liked the book!
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> The Light Barrier, October 3, 2002
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> Reviewer: Barbara Robek from Alaska
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> This carefully researched work unveils an invisible barrier that
may affect 10 million American children in private and public
schools who experience reading difficulties. Ms. Stone provides
direction and ideas for both parents and professionals to help find
a solution for those who may be labeled as underachievers.
> The Light Barrier is a "must read" for every educator,
pediatrician, and eye care professional who deals with students, of
any age, who are struggling with classroom learning.
> She has validated what I have been hearing repeatedly in my years
of working with both the dyslexic and Irlen/scotopic population.
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> The Light Barrier, October 3, 2002
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> Reviewer: Carol S. Kessler from Kingston, NY United States
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> This book tells of the problems that children and adults are
having and the difficult time they have finding a solution to the
problem. The world want to put the everyone on drugs with all the
side effects, without realizing there is a non-invasive way of
dealing and eliminating the problem. Rhonda Stone does an incredible
job writing about her own experiences with her kids and the ordeals
they had to go through to finally find a solution.
> I too have Irlen Syndrome and boy has the technology helped me.
>
> Great job Rhonda.
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> The importance of understanding how lighting affects us, October
1, 2002
> Reviewer: Michelle Orton from Yakima, Wa
> This book explains how lighting affects our lives and our
children's lives. It explains why we can be suffering from migraine
headaches, not able to catch balls, have reading problems (poor
comprehension, eye strain, difficulty in seeing the printed page
correctly, become fidgety, etc).
>
> This is a book that all educators, school administrators,
physicians, those in the field of optometry, social workers, prison
personnel, and especially politicians should read. An even more
important group of people who should read this book are parents. You
are the ones that can make things happen for your children.
>
> When you discover how lighting can affect your life, you will
certainly want to know what to do about it. This book tells
everything you need to know about how to change your life if you or
someone you know is light sensitive.
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> The Light Barrier, September 30, 2002
> Reviewer: Greta Kerwin, Psy.D. from Baytown, TX United
States
> The Light Barrier is a comprehensive book about light based
reading problems. As an individual who suffers from Irlen Syndrome,
I can relate to the personal information Rhonda shares about her
family's struggle to discover the source of her children's learning
difficulties. As a professional providing services to others who
suffer from Irlen Syndrome, I highly recommend that others read this
book not only as a source of factual information, but as source of
validation for those experiencing similar challenges.
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> A Simple Solution for a Perplexing Problem, September 30, 2002
> Reviewer: A reader from Washington DC area
> A comprhensive book on Scotopic Sensitivity Irlen Synbdrome. As a
retired special ed teacher who is involved in helping adults and
children through this method, I think Rhonda has done an excellent
job of outlining the benefits of this treatment and realistically
dealing with the controversy surrounding it. It works and she tells
us so and even why.
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