Month: April 2013

Kara Tointon: Green glasses and sticky notes helped me overcome dyslexia

Dyslexia / By

Actress Kara Tointon reveals how she copes with dyslexia – and how her love of reading has developed. Former EastEnder and Strictly Come Dancing champion Kara Tointon is reminiscing about the day when, aged seven, she discovered she had dyslexia. ‘They said I was dyslexic but I came out of the test feeling great,’ she …

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FDA clears filtered lenses for people with reading disorders

Dyslexia / By

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved ChromaGen spectacle lenses to aid people with dyslexia and other reading disorders, according to a press release from ChromaGen Vision. The company tested 150 students at Brighton School, in Baton Rouge, La., which specializes in dyslexia and dyslexia-related learning disabilties, according to the release. About 72% of …

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