Friday Focus: Is your Dyslexia misdiagnosed?

Earlier this week we spoke about dyslexia and how it can affect your day to day activities, and how to really turn it into the gift it is...but did you know there is a condition, often misdiagnosed as Dyslexia, called Irlen Syndrome.

https://irlen.com/get-tested/?fbclid=IwAR3EI0m9oeM6T53sjgh4IMOQm6ykBHexoBbPNg4HW10V3_IDmO9fBt_Tb7c

Irlen syndrome is a perceptual processing disorder, which means that the brain processes visual information differently to other people.
This causes the brain stress, which can aggrevate physical responses in the body such as asthma, high allergies, lowered immune system, chronic fatigue as the nervous system is in a constant state of high alert.

Common symptoms with someone with Irlen syndrome would be someone sensitive to light, screens, sunlight...struggles concentrating and reading words with high contrast colours (ie black ink on white paper). Because of the latter symptoms, Irlens is often misdiagnosed as Dyslexia or Autism.

The NHS offer screenings for Irlens and there are practitioners who can help, in the form of prescribing coloured lens glasses, which help the user’s brain to process light and surroundings with ease.
When people who suffer from Irlens start wearing glasses with their personal prescribed “colored lens” they report that they feel suddenly as ease, relaxed and often if you suffer from physical symptoms such as asthma, allergies or CF, these also ease up a little.

So if you’ve been diagnosed with Dyslexia - maybe check this weekend on https://irlen.com/get-tested/ and do a basic screen...you may have been misdiagnosed, and a pair of coloured glasses may be the solution to your struggles!

M xo