Frequently Asked Questions

No. Irlen Syndrome is not dyslexia, but it can cause dyslexia. If Irlen Syndrome is the cause of the dyslexia, once it is identified and treated by the use of Irlen Spectral Filters, then the person should not be considered as dyslexia, particularly if they are able to read successfully.

No. A number of people with Irlen Syndrome still achieve academic success at school, but they often experience other symptoms. These include: not being able to read for long before experiencing tiredness; having to reread in order to remember what they have just read; getting headaches from intensive reading; feeling eyestrain when reading and writing; being sensitive to bright lights and glare.

Yes, but not all people with Irlen Syndrome have difficulties with depth perception. For those who do, it can be difficult to judge distances when driving, hard to judge timing for getting on and off escalators, walking up and down stairs and for some, they view the world in two dimensions, rather than three dimensions. Irlen Spectral filters result in the “world” looking three dimensional instead of two dimensional and for some people, this means that they can see the corners in a room, or see that a fence is not just a flat line. It really can be life changing!