Seeing differently

Aucklander Sarah Bycroft was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of 10. She struggled at school, and even as an adult avoided reading any more than she really had to.

Then Bycroft, who works as a dispensing optician, attended a lecture about Irlen syndrome, a condition that is claimed to affect about 46% of people with dyslexia and other learning problems. “I sat through that lecture and thought, ‘this sounds like