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Visual Stress
Visual Stress test
Visual stress (sometimes called ‘Meares-Irlen Syndrome’ or ‘Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome’) is the experience of unpleasant visual symptoms when reading, especially for prolonged periods. Symptoms include illusions of shape, movement and colour in the text, distortions of the print, loss of print clarity, and general visual irritation. Visual stress can also cause sore eyes, headaches, frequent loss of place when reading, and impaired comprehension.
We can help you arrange assessments for this, using a process called Colorimetry, to determine whether glasses with coloured lens would help with any reading difficulties. If this is recommended by your Needs Assessor the cost of this will be funded by Disabled Students’ Allowance.