The Light Barrier: A Color Solution to Your Child's Light-based Reading Difficulties [Hardcover]

Rhonda Stone (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 10, 2002

One family's journey to understand a barrier to reading that may affect millions of children and adults worldwide.

Countless children with Irlen syndrome, involving sensitivity to aspects of light, have been misunderstood as lazy, slow, inattentive, dyslexic, ADHD, or just plain "troubled," when, in fact, what they suffer from is a correctable problem.

Rhonda Stone's daughter Katie was struggling at school, despite hours of help each night with homework. She also complained of physical discomfort and constant difficulties with seeing and reading, even though she passed repeated vision exams. By chance, while looking for a solution to help her child, this mother encountered a controversial but scientifically proven solution that has already helped thousands. Her personal story shares with readers the latest information gathered from three continents and shows what can be done about this highly prevalent, commonly overlooked, but readily addressed problem.

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About the Author

Rhonda Stone is a journalist, education and health writer, public information specialist, and most importantly, a mother whose children were diagnosed with a little-known form of light sensitivity. Respected for her ability to assimilate, organize, and communicate complex information in easy-to-understand terms, Stone has studied the condition extensively. She lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press; 1st edition (October 10, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312304056
• ISBN-13: 978-0312304058
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #689,601 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Light Barrier, October 3, 2002

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Barbara Robek (Alaska) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Light Barrier: A Color Solution to Your Child's Light-based Reading Difficulties (Hardcover)

This carefully researched work unveils an invisible barrier that may affect 10 million American children in private and public schools who experience reading difficulties. Ms. Stone provides direction and ideas for both parents and professionals to help find a solution for those who may be labeled as underachievers.
The Light Barrier is a "must read" for every educator, pediatrician, and eye care professional who deals with students, of any age, who are struggling with classroom learning.
She has validated what I have been hearing repeatedly in my years of working with both the dyslexic and Irlen/scotopic population.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read!, October 23, 2002

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Robert T Williams, EdD (Fort Collins, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Light Barrier: A Color Solution to Your Child's Light-based Reading Difficulties (Hardcover)

This readable book is a "must read" for parents, teachers, and other professionals concened with the education and welfare of children. It also has implications for the workforce where employees suffer from light sensitivity in the form of headache and fatigue, lowered productivity, and absences from work.

This is a well researched, balanced presentation of an intervention that has proven itself with thousands around the world who suffer from light based sensitivity.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The importance of understanding how lighting affects us, October 1, 2002

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Michelle Orton (Yakima, Wa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Light Barrier: A Color Solution to Your Child's Light-based Reading Difficulties (Hardcover)

This book explains how lighting affects our lives and our children's lives. It explains why we can be suffering from migraine headaches, not able to catch balls, have reading problems (poor comprehension, eye strain, difficulty in seeing the printed page correctly, become fidgety, etc).

This is a book that all educators, school administrators, physicians, those in the field of optometry, social workers, prison personnel, and especially politicians should read. An even more important group of people who should read this book are parents. You are the ones that can make things happen for your children.

When you discover how lighting can affect your life, you will certainly want to know what to do about it. This book tells everything you need to know about how to change your life if you or someone you know is light sensitive.