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Irlen Syndrome is present in a variety of populations, including individuals identified with reading and learning difficulties, low motivation, attention deficit disorder (ADHD), discipline problems, headaches and migraines, autism, and traumatic brain injury.
Someone with a visual or perceptual processing disorder has difficulty making sense of visual information. This is different from problems involving sight or vision. When an individual suffers from Irlen Syndrome, their brain has difficulty processing certain wavelengths of light.
Irlen syndrome (or scotopic sensitivity syndrome) is a hypothetical medical condition of disordered visual processing which, it is proposed, can be treated by wearing colored lenses.
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Meares-Irlen syndrome/visual stress (“MISViS”), also known as Meares-Irlen syndrome, Irlen syndrome, scotopic sensitivity syndrome or visual stress, is described as a visual-processing disorder characterized by difficulty with reading.
Background: Scotopic sensitivity syndrome, later called Meares-Irlen syndrome or simply Irlen syndrome (IS) has been described as symptoms of poor reading ability due to poor color matching and distorted graphic images.
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Irlen Syndrome is the name given to the range of symptoms experienced as a result of a Visual Processing Disorder that appears to be caused by an anomaly in the carrying of messages from the eye and along cortical visual pathways within the brain.
Irlen® Syndrome, also known as Scotopic Sensitivity System (SSS) is a visual perceptual problem. It is not an optical problem. It is a problem with how the nervous system encodes and decodes visual information.
Irlen Syndrome, tips for understanding the signs and symptoms of Irlen Syndrome, suggestions for classroom and at-home modifications, tools to explain Irlen Syndrome to your child’s classmates, teacher, and doctor, and information about available solutions to address this condition.
