Can Meares-Irlen be cured?
In the same way that prescription glasses are used to ‘cure’ short-sightedness, coloured overlays are used to minimise visual distortions. Overlays are not a cure, they are an aid just as glasses are. It would appear that if children are identified early enough and helped with the use of coloured overlays or tinted glasses they may ‘grow out’ of the need to use colour. This is not always the case though.
