I think coloured overlays will also help other people with reading disabilities but won’t affect people who do not have trouble reading. I find blue is less bright and more calming on my eyes while brighter colours make me tired and give me headaches. I think that blue overlays will improve my speed, accuracy and fluency in reading and will work better than other colours.
I also wanted to see whether coloured overlays affect other people, both those who have reading disabilities and those who do not. I wanted to test whether using coloured overlays actually makes a difference in my reading ability. Coloured overlays are believed to remove some of the wavelengths that are causing the distortions (Irlen, 2014). Text is distorted so it is difficult for the person to read. Irlen Syndrome, on the other hand, is a disability where the brain has trouble processing the visual information it receives (Irlen, 2014). According to the International Dyslexia Association, dyslexia is a language-based disability where the person has difficulty recognizing words that is, they have difficulty connecting the words they see with the sounds they make. In 2006, Statistics Canada reported more than half a million adults in Canada have a learning disability (Statistics Canada, 2009). Others argue that people read better with coloured overlays because they expect the coloured overlays to work, something known as the placebo effect, and there is no real cause for the improvement (Ritchie, Della Sala, & McIntosh, 2011).ĭyslexia is a common learning disability.
The exact reason for why it works has not been determined, however (Uccula, Enna, & Mulatti, 2014).
Those promoting the method state that it does not instantly improve a person’s reading but can assist a person learning to read, and different colours work for different people (H. The syndrome has been controversial because some clinics started promoting the use of coloured glasses while the research is not accepted by all (Evans & Drasdo, 1991). Irlen Syndrome is a perceptual processing disorder that involves symptoms such as light sensitivity, strain and fatigue when reading, frequent headaches, and reading problems such as misreading lines, skipping words or lines, trouble spelling and word distortions on the page (Irlen, 2014). The idea of using coloured overlays to improve reading has been around since the 1980’s when a psychologist and a teacher first described Irlen Syndrome and recommended coloured overlays and glasses as a treatment (H.
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