Monthly Archive for February, 2007

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Colored lenses yet again

Published on 5 February 2007 in Comments, Dyslexia, Families, News, Research, The press and Treatment. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , .

In a post entitled “Relief in sight for Micheala’s reading disorder,” Jayne Hulbert of the Taranaki (NZ) Daily News describes the case of a child who has been diagnosed as having Irlen Syndrome and is helped by viewing text through colored overlays. It’s the usual….

Micheala Kennard can’t wait to be looking at the world through her orange-tinted glasses.

But for now the Ohawe 11-year-old is making do with a coloured plastic overlay she puts on top whatever she’s reading. The tinted plastic stops words from moving around the page.

Micheala has a visual processing disorder called Irlen syndrome which means when she reads, words jumble and move around.

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NAEAACLD

Published on 3 February 2007 in Families and News. 2 Comments

The National Association for the Education of African American Children with Learning Disabilities (NAEAACLD) is an organization that seeks to promote high-quality education for children and youths with Learning Disabilities who have African-American heritage. The NAEAACLD, which was formed in
2000, provides resources such as “One Child at a Time . . . A Parent Handbook and Resource Directory for African American Families with Children Who Learn Differently” and Internet links for information about Learning Disabilities for parents and others. Link to the Web site of the NAEAACLD.

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