Tinted Lens

[Outsideperspective]

Was advised by Ed Psych that my ds needs a blue tint for reading, and have taken him to the opthamolgist today, and asked them to do a colour check on him, and gave them no further information (like to see what results people give me on their own ) and they recommend a blue tint for reading as he reads alternate lines otherwise.

Unfortunately my ds only got his last prescription for his glasses in August, and therefore is not entitled to another pair of NHS glasses until August next year. Therefore due to the strength and complexity of his glasses it will cost me £237 to purchase his glasses, as I can't even purchase them at what price the NHS pays.

Is there any assistance that anyone knows of that I can apply to to help pay for this, as unfortunately I can't afford to purchase a £237 pair of glasses for him

I know this sounds stupid but have you checked your entitlement. DS gets most glasses related things on nhs more than once a year... Do you have a spare pair that you can just tint the lenses? Might be cheaper.

We used to pay for Dd2 to have coloured lenses and sadly we never managed to get any help with costs.

I will watch with interest as I am sure Dd3 would probably benefit too but there is no way we could afford to pay now.

Sorryoutside, no useful help there.

Can you use an interim measure like blue film or whatever the EP used?

my pead did me a letter to take to the optician.... they sent it off to get it authorised so ds could have 2 pairs of glasses on nhs....

dd3 has a strong prescription and we've been told because of this she's entitled to a second voucher so she always has a spare pair when one breaks, she's had 3 vouchers so far this year. Have you tried looking on line to see if you can get them cheaper elsewhere?

Outsideperspective

To follow on from MangoMonster it is possible to use a film or acetates to cover classroom texts, books etc. You can also use a laptop or computer to discover the best background and font colour combinations, which is what one of the Irlen web sites try to help achieve.

Due to the type of prescription and also head shape, I wouldn't like to order online.

He is using the blue film EP, but is finding it difficult to use, and was recommended to get it on his glasses.

Seeing paed this week, so I'll ask then if they can authorise us a second pair on the NHS.

Does anyone else's child struggle with the fact that children's books tend to have all different coloured pages, with the picture going over the full page and the word son top?

Re spare pairs, unfortunately all previous glasses he's outgrown, I hoped that he could use last year's pair but they don't fit his head.

How old is your DS? From what I remember the peter and Jane books have writing on White background, don't know if anyone can confirm.

Coming up 7 - school use a large variety of reading schemes. ORT he's okay with as they are on white background.

I'd definitely check with pead as to what you are entitled to. It probably varies by condition and age. The only thing we paid for was £50 to get the lenses tinted for sunlight as he has extra sensitivity in one eye.

Outsideperspective

The issues is called Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome but is sometimes called Irlen or Mears/Irlen Syndrome and is one of the underlying causes of dyslexia

He is severely dyslexic, and is being assessed for ASD.

Outsideperspective this is about sensitivity to light frequencies, bight lights and glare, contrasts, etc. And there are different colours filter depending to the specific light frequency sensitivities.

mango, ask for transition lenses to be added to the prescription next time, they should do that if he's photosensitive.

Thanks ninja! :)