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Subject: The Irlen Syndrome

Author:
Pat McHugh

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Date Posted: 01:40:37 04/04/11 Mon

My son was diagnosed with the this syndrome at the age of 16 nearly 20 years ago. It took a long time to pin down what was actually wrong with him as he obviously had trouble concentrating on school work,especially concentrating on the written word but did not conform to any of the symptoms associated with dyslexia. Mark was having one to one tuition in maths ,leading up to his '0 Level' exams and it was this tutor who noticed that he tended to turn his head sideways to view the page of work as if trying to get the writing into focus.When I thought about it, Mark would often do this when looking at a person too. Tests soon revealed that Mark did indeed have the Irlen syndrome and he was given tinted glasses which helped enormously but looking back I wish 'd been able to see this habit as a symptom rather than a personal trait.

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