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Dyslexia and The Eyes
Following on from Professor Evans' lecture on dyslexia and vision please use this area to share your experiences and expertise regarding how vision and the eyes relate to dyslexia and other learning difficulties.
15/10/2008 10:23:19
Josh (Member)
I am a special needs teacher and parent of a dyslexic child who has visual stress problems. After many years of visiting special clinics for colour vision tests, trying different types of colour overlays and Irlen lenses I have at last found a solution that has improved his reading skills dramatically. I am know conducting research (north west) into the use of colour with reading and would be very pleased to hear from anyone using or interested in using colour filtered lenses. emorgan2@sky.com
17/10/2008 14:43:21
eileen morgan
Eileen I started a programme of exercises for children with underdeveloped motor skills which resulted in children being eventually diagnosed with Dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, Autism/aspergers learning/behaviour difficulties. Over the 7 years I have done this all 120 children had tracking difficulties. As a new baby if its body is unbalanced (because of motor skills difficulties) they are unable to learn the first basic skills of fixating a moving object (neaded for taking in information, reading and writing) Their eyes become weak. All a school nurse is test for focus so all the children had been told they were fine and passed the test. Once their motors and tracking (through exercising) was strengthened they were working at the same pace as their peers. If you want to google my name and Dyspraxia I can show you evidence and my website.
11/04/2009 14:22:01
Hazel Carr (Member)
my daughter 4 years old is not able to recognise colors and finds it difficult to write in a 4liner book, rest of her learning skills are good, is it any disorder?
19/05/2009 11:01:23
preeti
Dyslexia is not caused by eye problems, this is a myth!
From the International Dyslexia Association
''Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction. Secondary consequences may include problems in reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that can impede the growth of vocabulary and background knowledge.''
For factual information on dyslexia visit www.interdys.org
28/05/2009 20:57:49
Sarah
Related Talks
Dyslexia and Vision: In this talk (the first part of his lecture given to dysTalk) Professor Bruce Evans provides an introduction into what dyslexia is and an overview of the visual difficulties associated with dyslexia.
Dyslexia Help: What Dyslexia Parents Can Do: Dr Valerie Muter gives and insight into how parents can help their children to cope with dyslexia and provide dyslexia help. She gives a view of both what can be done in the early years and the middle years.
What Causes Dyslexia?: Professor John Stein outlines the causes of dyslexia. He describes the genetic background to dyslexia and how nutrition and the immune system contribute to auditory and visual attention difficulties.
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