I was diagnosed at college 2015 with Irlens Syndrome. I found Diane Bevan online and begun to explore my condition. My symptoms Iv had all my life. After consulting with Diane I realised my sons also had Irlens symptoms. One had spots in front of his eyes and the other headaches dirt in his eyes when outside. Irlens is hereditary. Thanks to Diane Bevan I have got help for all of my family with the Irlens lenses. I am severely light sensitive and had MRI tests showing up changes in my grey matter in my brain. I’m referred to a specialist. Without Diane’s help my life was spiralling downhill with hiding from light. Irlens is real without my lenses I would not be able to live any sort of normal life as all the words move on screens. I thank Diane for all of her assistance with Irlens and her caring makes both me and my children’s life better quality.

Our daughter (aged 9) has visual Dyslexia. She had been working so hard with a private tutor for several years when that tutor heard about the Irlen Dyslexia Clinic and referred us. The assessment process was in itself eye-opening! Understanding for the first time how our daughter was seeing (and not seeing) things on a page…realising that her clumsiness was in fact her limited peripheral vision…learning that years of her reporting feeling sick in the stomach at school could be linked directly to fluorescent lighting in her classroom. Then watching our daughter write between the lines on green paper and reading with improved fluency with a coloured overlay was truly amazing. It is only early days for us with the new Irlen lenses, but our daughter and her teachers are reporting immediate improvement. Even after the assessment the Irlen Dyslexia Clinic has supported us with any question that has arisen in our new “Irlen lenses world”. We can highly recommend Dianne and her clinic!

Thanks so much to Dianne she was very patient when choosing the right colours. Since my daughter Ally has started wearing her Irlen lenses, her learning has 100% improved, before them she could hardly even read a sentence, now she flys through books. It has also helped with her depth perception she now very rarely falls over or walks into things.

I was suffering 2-3 migraines a week when I found out about Irlen Syndrome. After trying countless medications to control the pain I felt I didn’t have much to loose so I went for assessment at the IRLEN Clinic Ipswich. After 3 appointments I had been fitted for custom tinted lenses to wear. Once they arrived I had immediate relief. It’s now been 2 months and my migraines have decreased 90% and I can read and focus better.

Dianne diagnosed me with severe Irlen Syndrome when I was in grade 11. On my second visit Dianne patiently went through the rigorous process of helping me choose the correct Irlen lenses which took some hours and 4 overlays. Dianne was absolutely fastidious in ensuring that by the end of the session I could read every single detail on different examples down to a small musical symbol – I had never been able to read a book, music notation or maths figures on the page as they constantly blurred and jumped around. My eyes no longer get constantly tired which was cutting down my ability to study for any length of time. I was taken aback by what a difference Irlen lenses could make. Having had them now for a long period of time, I am still amazed by how they have changed my outlook on my academic learning skills. I am grateful to Dianne for her patience and knowledge.

Dianne diagnosed me with severe Irlen Syndrome when I was in grade 11. On my second visit Dianne patiently went through the rigorous process of helping me choose the correct Irlen lenses which took some hours and 4 overlays. Dianne was absolutely fastidious in ensuring that by the end of the session I could read every single detail on different examples down to a small musical symbol – I had never been able to read a book, music notation or maths figures on the page as they constantly blurred and jumped around. My eyes no longer get constantly tired which was cutting down my ability to study for any length of time. I was taken aback by what a difference Irlen lenses could make. Having had them now for a long period of time, I am still amazed by how they have changed my outlook on my academic learning skills. I am grateful to Dianne for her patience and knowledge.

I would like to thank you for your patience and due diligence in getting my lens’ correct. The time taken does is not reflective of the cost. As it had been a while for lens change for me it took two sessions at no extra cost to get this correct and finalised. The second session was confirming which was the better colour prior to purchasing. I appreciate the time and effort you make to ensure the customer has suitable ‘eyes’ when leaving.

During a couple of years of ongoing treatment for CPTSD one of my serious issues to be resolved has been hyper vigilance. Becoming stressed in public places, the hyper vigilant effect has included significant movement in my vision, buildings bending, details buzzing and a surreal change in depth perception. I’ve also always had an unexplained fear of books and a hate for actually reading. Rather than just CPTSD the penny dropped my visual processing may be off, so I visited Ipswich Dyslexia Clinic. Dianne was methodical, patient and precise resolving 6 tints per eye over a number of consults.
First day with my glasses was a big shock like OMG. I was seeing depth that I didn’t even know I’d been missing, like someone had turned off the tapestry effect, turned up the contrast and made things stand free in their own space. Reading was vastly improved. I was seeing some new movement patterns but far easier to live with. After a few days of great vision, I started to somehow have problems coping with mental resistance to such a big change.
It was hard, this mental resistance lasted a couple of weeks until things settled down. I can read so much more easily. My hyper vigilance is ongoing but taking the movement out of my vision is a thousand times improvement on my problems of fear in public space. Put simply the calmness and abilities the Irlen lenses give me has brought my CPTSD treatment significantly forward. I’m 57.
Now I’m 58 and I’m not just completely used to having frames on my face virtually the whole time I’m awake but so much happier with them on. Even though TV looks like heaps better with the glasses, this is usually a time I take them off in front of the TV. All other screens and all other times they are on, driving at night as well.

You saw our daughter in May/June this year. We are pleased to say since receiving her Iren glasses we and her teachers have noticed huge improvements to her confidence as well as her academic ability at school. For example prior to receiving her glasses she was reading at a grade 2 level with comprehension significantly affected. She is now only two levels from achieving grade 5 benchmark for reading with her last comprehension assessment being a result of 9/10.
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