The coloured lenses that help dyslexia

It’s believed that up to six million people in Britain suffer from dyslexia to some degree, and that one in 25 of us has it severely.

Young children with dyslexia have difficulty at school, in spite of often being very intelligent, with high IQs.  They get behind with reading and writing skills, and begin to suffer low self-esteem and confidence.  Often the dyslexia isn’t diagnosed.

However, there is help available. 

ChromaGen lenses have been found often to have dramatic effects on vision, correcting both colour blindness and dyslexia.  More details of this at end of article.

Another avenue for exploration is the use of essential fatty acids, such as EPA and a little GLA.  This means fish oil plus a small amount of evening primrose oil.  For example BioCare Mega EPA 1000 (Fish Oil Concentrate) and BioCare Evening Primrose Oil. 

Some famous people with Dyslexia

Richard Branson  - Entrepreneur

Cher - Popstar, actress

Agatha Christie - Author

Winston Churchill - Prime Minister

Tom Cruise - Actor

Leonardo da Vinci - Artist, inventor (although long dead, had all signs of being dyslexic)

Thomas Edison - Inventor

Albert Einstein - Scientist, mathematician

Noel Gallagher - Oasis Rock Group, songwriter

Whoopi Goldberg - Actress

Susan Hampshire - Actress

Lord Philip Harris - Carpet shop entrepreneur and millionaire

Michael Heseltine - Politician

Anthony Hopkins - Actor

Eddie Izzard - Comedian

Felicity Kendal - Actress

Jodie Kidd - Super-model

Lynda La Plante - TV Series Writer

Sandy Lyle - Golfer

Sarah Miles - Actress, author and playwright

Mike Norris - Head of Computacenter

Dominic O’Brien - World Memory Champion

Olaf – King of Norway - (and his children)

Jamie Oliver - TV Chef

Sir Steven Redgrave - Winner of 5 consecutive Olympic Gold Medals for rowing

Anita Roddick - Founder of The Body Shop

Anthea Turner - TV Presenter, National Lottery, etc.

Ben Way - Head of a £60,000 computer business at the age of 17

Robbie Williams - Popstar

And many more . . .

ChromaGen Lenses for Use in Dyslexia

ChromaGen lenses were first developed for helping people with colour ‘blindness’.  They come in both contact lenses or spectacle lenses, which look like regular sunglasses, and the colour tint is specific for each individual.  In the case of contact lenses, the filter entirely covers the wearer’s pupil, so that in most cases they are virtually invisible.

Previous work with colour tinted lenses showed that many people with learning difficulties can benefit from them.  An instrument called the Intuitive Colorimeter, developed by the Medical Research Council in the UK, is often used to assist in prescribing these filters.   This is the most commonly used method for prescribing filters, but recently ChromaGen Lenses were compared with Intuitive Colorimeter lenses to see how each type of lens affected the speed at which people could read.  The test used to monitor the reading is called the Wilkins Rate of Reading Test.

Initial results of the small pilot study show that ChromaGen lenses produced a statistically highly significant improvement in the rate of reading, whilst Intuitive Colorimeter lenses produced a marked, but not significant, improvement in the rate of reading.  (Optometry Today, 31^st July 1998, Volume 38:15).

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