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There are no clear criteria to distinguish dyslexia from poor reading ability; multiple studies have found that reading ability is unimodally distributed, with

There are no clear criteria to distinguish dyslexia from poor reading ability; multiple studies have found that reading ability is unimodally distributed, with no clear distinction between dyslexics and "ordinary" poor readers. We have identified no interventions that are particularly beneficial to dyslexics; dyslexics and non-dyslexics appear to respond at similar rates to training and practice in reading skills. https://web.archive.org/web/20051220004651/http://www.nrdc.org.uk/uploads/documents/doc_166.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20051220004651/http://www.nrdc.o... Colored lenses or special fonts do not appear to be beneficial in any way. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27580753 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27580753 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26993270 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26993270 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29204931 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29204931

frereubu 7y ago
Without having dug into those studies to check the statistics and how they were done, the linked blog post gives a pretty compelling account of how coloured lenses do with for at least this person. It's quite possible that there are types of dyslexia which do respond to coloured lenses that are averaged out in a bell curve of general "dyslexia".
- jdietrich 7y ago
  >the linked blog post gives a pretty compelling account of how coloured lenses do with for at least this person I could link you to any number of blog posts giving compelling accounts of how drinking bleach cures autism. Belief is not evidence.
  - yummypaint 7y ago
    So you are accusing the author of making this up? Your arrogance is sickening.
    - jdietrich 7y ago
      No. I think that the author genuinely believes that colored lenses make it easier for him to read; I know that several carefully conducted clinical trials have found no benefit.
  - frereubu 7y ago
    That comparison is too dramatic. I understand what you're trying to get at, but my point about the statistics still stands, unless you've dug through the those studies yourself and are happy that a specific kind of deficit isn't being masked by noise from externally similar but different conditions.

frereubu 7y ago

Without having dug into those studies to check the statistics and how they were done, the linked blog post gives a pretty compelling account of how coloured lenses do with for at least this person. It's quite possible that there are types of dyslexia which do respond to coloured lenses that are averaged out in a bell curve of general "dyslexia".

jdietrich 7y ago
>the linked blog post gives a pretty compelling account of how coloured lenses do with for at least this person I could link you to any number of blog posts giving compelling accounts of how drinking bleach cures autism. Belief is not evidence.
- yummypaint 7y ago
  So you are accusing the author of making this up? Your arrogance is sickening.
  - jdietrich 7y ago
    No. I think that the author genuinely believes that colored lenses make it easier for him to read; I know that several carefully conducted clinical trials have found no benefit.
- frereubu 7y ago
  That comparison is too dramatic. I understand what you're trying to get at, but my point about the statistics still stands, unless you've dug through the those studies yourself and are happy that a specific kind of deficit isn't being masked by noise from externally similar but different conditions.