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My daughter needs to have special glasses as she dyslexia she needs to have yellow lenes but I have to pay for them
Coloured lenses can be obtained from Irlen Syndrome diagnosticians irlenuk.com/ or from specialised opticians who use a 'colorimetry' machine. The colour can be a wide range, so I expect you have already had your daughter tested to see which colour she needs? You may be able to get the glasses for free (if your daughter needs a prescription) Irlen Diagnosticians can help you with the type of lenses you need as they are then sent off to the USA for the colour. Similarly I expect you can get the glasses for free from an optician if you then have them treated. Unfortunately the colour or the assessment is not currently free on the National Health. This is some general advice as you did not specify the age of your daughter.
My daughter 13 yrs thank you
My daughter's dyslexic she had orange lenses at 10 years old. Unfortunately we couldn't find anywhere that did them for free. We got the frames on the NHS, but had to pay for the lenses which were £100 and the eye test was £70. We did find they worked really well and when she read with them on it made such a difference, we also found they reduced the headaches. Overall I did feel they were a good investment. Unfortunately she's now fourteen and with peer pressure just will not wear them not even at home.
I believe that Irlen Diagnosticians can prescribe coloured contacts, irlenuk.com. It might be a similar situation for specialist opticians.
Hi
Have you had the test for the lenses or the overlays? The colours can differ.
My daughter had blue glasses. They helped tremendously alongside the dyslexia training. Getting the letters to sit on paper was a big step! She went from being illiterate to top sets.
That is really encouraging, unfortunately understanding about visual stress still seems to be very patchy.
