Reviews for Reading by the Colors: Overcoming Dyslexia and Other Reading Disabilities Through the Irlen Method

The average rating for Reading by the Colors: Overcoming Dyslexia and Other Reading Disabilities Through the Irlen Method based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-12-03 00:00:00 Velma Stafford About 15 years ago I was having dinner with some new friends and it somehow came up that I get headaches from reading because the white spaces on the page bother my eyes. The wife of the family was a screener for the Irlen Syndrome, and she offered me a free screening. Learning about the "rivers effect" (as shown on page 40 of this book) absolutely struck me--that is exactly what the printed page looks like when I read, and I had no idea it was not a normal effect. Reading with the turquoise overlays changed my life for the better. I went from being a good student but reluctant reader to being an avid lover of books. I recommend the Irlen Syndrome testers to anyone that mentions reading problems. This book is a fantastic explanation of visual perception disorders, dyslexia, and how to help them. I love that it mentions trouble with depth perception because I definitely struggle with that as well. I have thought of becoming a screener and may look into that more in the near future.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-10-24 00:00:00 Thomas Badgett This was a loan from my Physical Therapist, when talking about our mutual love of reading she said she preferred audio books because of her reading disability. In addition to slight dyslexia, she has SSS, a condition I wasn't familiar with even though I'd heard about the use of colored filters. That helped her and she loaned me this book about the Irlen Method for treating Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome and other reading disabilities. I now wonder how many people in my life who've struggled with reading including long ago in my grade school classrooms had undiagnosed issues. One of the most effective examples came in a section where the pages are set up in what looks like misprints and shows the jumble normal pages appear to a person with SSS. Both frustrating and fascinating.