loupin Report post Posted October 22, 2006 Hi My son is having his eyes tested at a specialist orthoptic clinic tomorrow. They are listed by orthscopics.com. I believe that they test for dyslexia and light perception problems. Has any one tried similar testing or even the lenses? Would love some feedback before spending money on special glasses! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nellie Report post Posted October 22, 2006 Hi loupin, Welcome to the forum. There's lots of posts covering this topic, this is one but a further search should reveal more. (Search engine top right hand corner). Colour tinted glasses, Wow - I'm impressed http://www.asd-forum.org.uk/forum/index.ph...coloured+lenses Nellie xx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loupin Report post Posted October 22, 2006 thank you for that i am now busy reading!! the clinic name was on the web site that i believe is attached to ian jordan but i am just going to recheck that now. thank you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelima Report post Posted October 22, 2006 Both my husband & daughter are dyslexic and wear coloured lenses - they've made a tremendous life changing difference to both their lives. Husband never read more than odd line of text after getting lenses he sat down & read for 2 hours solid. Daughter couldn't mange without them her visual probs are quite profound they don't cure them but they do help to alleviate many of the symptoms. I know there has been some pretty amazing results with asd too. I recently started a non profit making group to raise awaerness of visual perception processing problems & Ian Jordan came up & gave a talk in Lincoln . Over 130 people attended parents & teaching professionals- it's created a lot of interest & we're hoping to get some local schools to undertake pre- screening in the new year. Several people in the audience have gone on to have their children screened and are stunned by the difference the lenses have made. One lady said her child stopped fidgeting when the glasses were on & it helped her concentration. Hope everything goes well for your son tomorrow Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canopus Report post Posted November 29, 2006 Train drivers aren't allowed to wear glasses with coloured lenses. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pippin Report post Posted November 29, 2006 Train drivers aren't allowed to wear glasses with coloured lenses. That's because they need very accurate colour vision to be allowed to do the job (so as not to confuse the coloured signal lights) and any tints could affect this. Pilots have the same restrictions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loupin Report post Posted November 30, 2006 Train drivers aren't allowed to wear glasses with coloured lenses. Luckily he doesn't have any aspiration to be a train driver or a pilot!!!!!!! He wants to be a teacher so coloured lenses will probably make him very cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canopus Report post Posted November 30, 2006 That's because they need very accurate colour vision to be allowed to do the job (so as not to confuse the coloured signal lights) and any tints could affect this. Has it been confirmed that correctly selected coloured lenses affect colour perception of people with AS? I'm not sure if there have been any investigations into this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krystaltps Report post Posted November 30, 2006 Has it been confirmed that correctly selected coloured lenses affect colour perception of people with AS? I'm not sure if there have been any investigations into this. I think it depends on whether they have Mears Irlen syndrome. After my 7-year-old son was dx ASD in June, he was referred to an orthoptist who tested him for Mears Irlen. It causes problems with perception, and dyslexia-type problems with reading. She told me that people with ASD are twice as likely to have it. Anyway C was given coloured acetate sheets to use for reading to see if it made any difference (he chose the colours that made reading easier for him - he said the green and yellow ones together made the words separate and easier to read), and now that it's been established that it has, he is due to go back in two weeks to see about coloured lenses. So it might be worth your while asking for the sheets first, Loupin, before forking out for glasses. Hope this helps..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pippin Report post Posted December 1, 2006 Has it been confirmed that correctly selected coloured lenses affect colour perception of people with AS? I'm not sure if there have been any investigations into this. Very probably not, but the rule is applied accross the board in these professions....with NO tints at all allowed.........."just in case" . It's more a historical thing really. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian Jordan Report post Posted December 1, 2006 bad advice I'm afraid - it is a crude and poor method of testing if anyone uses overlays as a diagnostic method - It will always miss a high proportion of children with problems, it is virtually NEVER the best colour and metamerism is not taken into account. I find it surprising that a professional still uses such a poor assessment method. Colour is extremely complex - if anyone wants enough info to make a balanced judgement please email me- i'll send some books Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
