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Plastic overlays can relieve visual stress<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Left, Alex Wright, 33, software engineering explains Irlen Syndrome to Luis Martinez, 24, undecided, on Tuesday Dec. 15 at San Jose City College.<\/p>\n

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By Alex Wright<\/p>\n

It is hard to read when the text on your paper appears to move or be drowned out by the white of the page.<\/p>\n

The little-known and controversial Irlen Syndrome and its treatment method may relieve these symptoms.<\/p>\n

According to literature on the Irlen Foundation website, Irlen Syndrome is a perceptual processing disorder, a problem with how the brain processes information.<\/p>\n

Treatment for Irlen is as simple: colors. People with Irlen can benefit from colored plastic overlays, colored paper or tinted glasses or contacts.<\/p>\n

Critics of Irlen Syndrome, the academic, scientific community and eye doctors, claim the studies supporting Irlen are unscientific, poorly conducted and anecdotal.<\/p>\n

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In spite of the criticism, people receiving treatment using the Irlen method swear it works.<\/p>\n

Struggling students can change the background color in their word processor or visiting the Irlen website and try changing the background color to see if reading on color helps them.<\/p>\n

A written diagnosis could result in accommodations such as use of filters or tests printed on colored paper.<\/p>\n

Double check with an academic counselor to make sure accommodations are a possibility as screening and diagnosis costs money and may not be covered by insurance.<\/p>\n

Irlen is a relatively new disorder discovered by Olive Meares and Helen Irlen in the 1980s.<\/p>\n

“One of her students came into the classroom came into a gel (colored plastic overlay used on lights) from the theater department and was using it to read,” Sheryl Pliskin, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, in a phone interview (Insert Date Of Phone Interview).<\/p>\n

Pliskin is a program director at San Francisco’s Alternate Family Services. She also has Irlen Syndrome and provides diagnostic services to Bay Area residents.<\/p>\n

When she was in college, a fellow student offered Pliskin their Irlen glasses after she asked to copy their notes because the overhead projector hurt her eyes, Pliskin said.<\/p>\n

“I put them on and everything just shifted,” Pliskin said. “It made a significant positive impact in my life: in my sense of self, my identity (and) my self-esteem.”<\/p>\n

The improvement was so profound that she chose to get training and offer Irlen services to others shortly after college.<\/p>\n

Pliskin warns that some people have other challenges on top of the light sensitivity and may not get instant results, but for some the results are similar to hers.<\/p>\n

Pliskin says her grades improved with the Irlen method and she is not alone.<\/p>\n

In 2006, Stoddard Elementary School in southern Calif. screened all 4-6th graders for Irlen and gave filters to those who benefited from them. Stoddard reported a 25 percent increase in their overall State Standardized Test score.<\/p>\n

According to an independent brain imaging study, people with Irlen Syndrome are overstimulated by light and have decreased activity in parts of the brain.<\/p>\n

A second scan showed the afflicted patients’ brain activity near normal when researches used colored filters to tint what the patient was seeing.<\/p>\n

They study was conducted by Dr. Daniel Amen in Irvine, Calif.<\/p>\n

While some think the Irlen method is simply a placebo effect, those suffer from visual stress the Irlen Method has improved their quality of life. Pliskin said for her, “It was life changing.”<\/p>\n

For more information on Irlen Syndrome, visit www.Irlen.org.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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