Hi, I am 49 years old and a teacher. Two and 1/2 years ago I was in a serious roll-over auto accident as a passenger in June. The car I was riding in was older...
Hi Marci, I'm so sorry about all you have been through. I can identify as my problems also began later in life as a result of pyhsical trauma. I would be...
Hi Marci, How tremendous you are to work around your BI as you continue to work on your masters. I was in an auto accident in 91, fell through the cracks for...
Dear Julie, Thanks for the advise about using the computer more comfortably. I read your message and ran upstairs to get my overlays to put over the screen and...
Tim-- One software that reads the computer screen aloud is Jaws. It is expensive, but some possibilities: Download and try the trial version. I don't know if ...
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Feb 20, 2006 2:15 pm
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i have "stumbled" in to a bulding today called tlc Irlen? i have a 7 year old kid who is just wonderful great smart kid! she was tested about three weeks ago...
Hi Brenda, Well it seems that you have allot of obstacles, and that you are here tells me that you are making the best effort to try to help organize your...
i had my DD tested today and that was one of the strangest things i have ever seen... to watch her face or from stressed to relaxed ... to see her body go from...
Mom of DD just diagnosed-- You will want to make sure the accommodations that help your daughter are agreed upon by school officials in an IEP, 504 plan or...
Julie M. Evans
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Mar 10, 2006 3:56 am
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Hi Brenda, That is great that your daughter sounds like a good candidate for Helen Irlen Glasses! It means she can have help for her learning disabilities. How...
well we now have regular glasses ... she picked them up friday... so we are working on useing them now and we have our overlays ... things are going ok with...
Just wanted to say hi to everyone as I have just joined this group. I am 31 years old and have just been diagnosed with Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome. I am...
To: university student getting lenses. I recently posted this info on accommodations that would also be helpful to you. Julie (screener and lenses wearer) You...
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Mar 19, 2006 1:45 am
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Hi everyone I was looking for programs that will help me work on the computer as i am on the computer a lot because i am doing a degree in computers. I have...
Ty Julie for the information. I will take it into college tommorow. It will prove useful. Fortunately the teachers are keen to help me in anyway they can. ... ...
Thanks for the site. You may want some color on your computer even when you do get your Irlen lenses. White emails bug me even with my lenses. I just throw an...
Julie M. Evans
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Mar 20, 2006 2:18 am
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Thank you for the information my DD loves to be on the computer but the bright white i was worred about... this software is great i changed the color of the...
Today i took my DD to school ready to tell them all she needed for help and ready to demand what she needed and bargan on what i wanted... I had talked to her...
Hi, Julie has posted some good tips on using color overlays on the computers. She has a stack by her computer that she uses as needed. I have found that the...
Congratulations! How wonderful for your daughter and you to have support from her teachers for the color paper, and overlays! I wish you continued luck her...
Dear Marci, I am curious about how you are doing. I am a 48 year old physician who has been on the cusp of giving up my practice. I have been in 7 motor...
My 16 year old son, 13 year old daughter and I were recently diagnosed with Irlen syndrome. Neither of my children have ever worn glasses, but are both game...
Sharon and Marci, I am an Irlen screener (not a diagnostician who does lenses) and have worn Irlen lenses (my graduated trifocals are tinted) for a few years...
Julie M. Evans
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Apr 8, 2006 2:45 pm
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Hi Doxsave, I suffered from Whiplash Brain Injury (WBI), the Irlen glasses helped me significantly, but now my WBI system has changed, and I find myself in a...
To new members-- I'm posting this info again for you. Julie, Irlen screener www.readingandlight.com School accommodations for students with Irlen Syndrome...
Julie M. Evans
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Apr 11, 2006 1:14 am
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I came across this short article and thought it would be fun to share with the people in this group. After you read it, I would like to hear what you think...
Hi- I am new to the group. I have been having Light Sensitivity problems for 3 months now, with no relief and no other diagnosis. My Doctor has referred me to...
For dry eyes, try Omega 3 and lots of it; this has solved my dry eye problem without using artifical tears (which irritated my eyes). Harvard just had a study...
Julie M. Evans
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May 8, 2006 5:07 am
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Hi Christina, It sounds like a bad case of light sensitivity, but the doctors you've went to see are now prescribing medications to hope they succeed in ...
Thank you Julie- I appreciate all of your information and I will dig deeper. I am going to the University of Michigan's Opthamology Dept. Maybe they will find...