" Reviewing the state of the science of learning disabilities (LD) and describing effective
educational practices, this authoritative text has been significantly revised and expanded …

Purpose There are many anecdotal claims and research reports that coloured lenses and
overlays improve reading performance. Here we present the results of a systematic review of …

Claims that coloured filters aid reading date back 200 years and remain controversial. Some
claims, for example, that more than 10% of the general population and 50% of people with …

Meares‐Irlen Syndrome (MIS) is characterised by symptoms of visual stress and visual
perceptual distortions that are alleviated by using individually prescribed coloured filters …

Professor Wilkins obtained a doctorate from Sussex University for work on human memory.
He then spent two years at the Montreal Neurological Institute (1972-1974) where he …

OBJECTIVES: To test the efficacy of Irlen colored overlays for alleviating reading difficulties
ostensibly caused by Irlen syndrome, a proposed perceptual disorder with controversial …

Abnormalities of colour perception in children with autistic spectrum disorders have been
widely reported anecdotally. However, there is little empirical data linking difficulties in …

The relationship between dyslexia and visual stress (sometimes known as Meares‐Irlen
syndrome) is uncertain. While some theorists have hypothesised an aetiological link …

Visual stress (the experience of visual distortions and discomfort during prolonged reading)
is frequently identified and alleviated with coloured overlays or lenses. Previous studies …

Coloured overlays can reduce symptoms of visual stress and improve reading speed. These
benefits are reliable and are not attributable simply to placebo effects. Five percent of …