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General Characteristics:
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Reads in dim light
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Feels there is insufficient or too much light
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Is bothered by glare
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Is light sensitive
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Appearance of the eyes:
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Reddened eyes and lids
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Watery eyes
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Complaints:
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Headaches
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Burning or itching eyes
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Sandy, scratchy, dry eyes
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Sleepiness when reading
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Tiredness when reading
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Doubling, moving, or fuzzy- looking words
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Disappearing words
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Types of reading difficulties:
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Skips words or lines
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Repeats or rereads line
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Reads for less than an hour
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Loses place
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Reads word by word or slowly
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Omits small words
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Has poor reading skills and comprehension
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Reads progressively worse as reading continues
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Depth perception:
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Has difficulty getting on and off escalators
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Is clumsy
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Walks into table edges or doors
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Has difficulty judging distances
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Observation while reading:
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Rubs eyes
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Moves closer to or further from the book
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Blinks excessively
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Squints
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Opens eyes wide
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Shades the page with hand or body
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Incorporates breaks into reading
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Moves the book to reduce glare
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Closes or covers one eye
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Moves head
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Reads close to the page
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Reads word by word
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Uses fingers or other marker to block out part of the page
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Is unable to skim or speed read
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Complaints of computer:
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Eye strain and fatigue
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Headaches
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Writing:
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Writes up or down hill
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Has unequal spacing between letters or words
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Is unable to write on the line
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Makes errors copying from books
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Makes errors copying from chalkboard
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Squints or blinks while copying from chalkboard
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Mathematics:
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Misaligns digits in number columns
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Makes sloppy, careless errors
Symptoms
Characteristics of Irlen Syndrome
(Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome)
