https://www.drtomnicholson.com/blogs daily 0.75 2025-11-18 https://www.drtomnicholson.com/blogs/should-neurodivergent-amp-disabled-childrens-needs-be-decided-by-schools-amp-teachers monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://www.drtomnicholson.com/blogs/the-hidden-emotional-toll-of-advocacy monthly 0.5 2025-10-07 https://www.drtomnicholson.com/blogs/neurodivergence-and-visual-stress monthly 0.5 2025-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657c76ca6b21db5643b0b431/b6e3959c-b79b-4bad-8921-2fcf30e5c80d/Dr+Tom+Nicholson+visit+to+Vision+Through+Colour Blogs - Neurodivergence & Visual Stress - I knew I had some of my own issues in this area, so decided to go through the full assessment myself so that I could give experiential feedback. The team were really knowledable, kind, compassionate and patient throughut the whole process. I found they had some brilliant inclusive practices to ensure that the environment, information given, and assessment process was neuroinclusive (and I also gave some pointers on how things could be even better, which they immediately took on board!). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657c76ca6b21db5643b0b431/6c617803-5ff4-4b12-887a-0a4cb3e3458e/Vision+Through+Colour+film+test Blogs - Neurodivergence & Visual Stress - The coloured sheet test was fascinating, the unbelievable difference in how much effort and strain I was putting into reading from normal paper to coloured paper felt like putting on a pair of glasses, which I already need! My reading speed increased by 20%… and as someone who reads on average seventy books a year, I was thrilled to think that could mean even more books! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657c76ca6b21db5643b0b431/d900bde1-1f06-4ee1-a12d-1d6dc5ed5669/WhatsApp+Image+2025-06-11+at+10.59.06_74c8b365.jpg Blogs - Neurodivergence & Visual Stress - We then used these wild glasses to test that colour in real time and in real situations: Big light on, off, reading off a wall, reading text etc. I had to look at patterns on a piece of paper and without the colour glasses on it made me feel nauseous and dizzy, which immediately went away with the coloured lenses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657c76ca6b21db5643b0b431/7479aa4e-071d-483a-a3fd-d744d4940f83/WhatsApp+Image+2025-06-11+at+10.59.06_7bd64090.jpg Blogs - Neurodivergence & Visual Stress - The dispensing appointment was also really great over at Keyes Eyecare. As someone who really struggles with imaginative imagery, I have no concept of "what will look good on my face", "what colour frame will work well with an orange lens" and "how do you pick nice looking frames?!". The staff member (whose name in typical Tom-fashion I've forgotten), picked up one set of frames that seemed perfect, and after going through about 25 more, we settled on the original pair that she got first. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657c76ca6b21db5643b0b431/ff71b363-02a8-4268-9fba-3056c3f1f2f6/a0c1c03a-0ad2-4bd7-9242-136a681240e6.jpg Blogs - Neurodivergence & Visual Stress - At my review appointment we went back through the colorometer test to see if the colour of tint that I had originally chosen was actually right. What was absolutely wild was that, of up to 10,000 colours available, going through the test I ended up on the exact same colour on my second test as I had on the first test. 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