scotopic sensitivity syndrome - Coloured lenses for kids

[tensing]

Has anybody got any first hand experience of the use of coloured lenses with dyslexic children or asperger children, I am looking at getting my two youngest assessed, but as the opticians who does it is a long way away, wouldn't mind some advice from others.

How much did testing cost, how much were the glasses?

Thanks in advance

Google Irlen Lenses.

I have what I wanted was peoples personal experience of them.

ds1 has some red ones. he's severely autistic so the colour had to be selected using first acetate then sample of lenses- most he rejected after a quick look- red he wandered round the garden examininhg everything. I can't remember the name of the dye that was used but it didn't add much to the price. He won't really wear them though- but like to walk around peering through them (holding them) so was perhaps a waste of time for him.

My daughter is still waiting to be assessed for dyspraxia.
The school told me she had trouble copying from the board so I took her to the optitions to get her eyes checked out.. there is nothing wrong with her eye sight, when I told the optition about the schools concern's she put different coloured lenses in front of her eyes whilst reading from a book..
To cut a long story short she was more fluent with the light blue lenses and she now has glasses with these lenses in... apparently they cut out glare.. Daughter wears them in class, and they don't cost any extra..
Do they work?.... Who know's... Don't get much feedback from the school.
Sorry I can't be more help

Great thanks for the help, there seems to be some differance in cost, some people telling me they are covered by NHS others telling me they cost hundreds.

depends- if your son has other eye problems- short sight for example you can get them for free/nhs rates. If there are no other eye problems you have to pay the whack- depends on frames etc then.

He has no other eye site problems, that the only part that seems to work normally.

I keep bumping into you tensing on the other forums
Ive posted elsewhere about the cost etc.

J has green tints and we have a green overlays to use on the computer screen....it helps a little but not that much as he has other learning difficulties.

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