Ian Jordan plans a trip to Houston in November...
The winds from across the pond carry whispers that Ian Jordan will be speaking in the Houston area this November.
Mr Jordan works in cutting edge aspects of vision correction using specific (often extremely specific) tints in lenses to help an array of visual issues.
Those who recognize the name may recall he was recently banned in Great Britain from calling himself an Optician.
His ongoing litigation to restore his reputation will keep him from speaking directly to us but as I have only recently heard about this trip I wanted to get this out there sooner rather than later.
For now let me get his Ayr Scotland home page up for all to see. When I have more time- or perhaps some of us can post OB links to his work...
http://www.jordanseyes.com/
Here is the Full story, published by the BBC..................................
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Uncle Fester
Those who recognize the name may recall he was recently banned in Great Britain from calling himself an Optician.
Here is the Full story, published by the BBC:
An optician who claims to be able to treat the vision of people with autism and brain injuries using coloured filters has been struck off.
Ian Jordan works in Ayr but has seen thousands of patients from across the UK and abroad.
He claims he has been able to transform the lives of patients with a range of visual problems by using tinted lenses.
But the General Optical Council has now "erased" him from its register of dispensing opticians.
Read the actual full story at BBC, of March 8, 2018 :
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-43300723
Optician struck off over autism claims .............................
Optician struck off over autism claims
9th March 2018 by Gareth Jone
An optician has been struck off for claiming that he could treat people with autism by using coloured filters.
Ian Jordan was found to have shown disregard for his professional colleagues and had displayed inflated confidence in his own abilities by the General Optical Council.
Jordan said he believed that many people on the autistic spectrum had some form of prosopagnosia, or face-blindness, a cognitive disorder of face perception rather than a problem with their eyes. The optician works in Ayr but has seen people from across the world.
He said he had delivered positive treatment to around 5,500 people and said that giving people glasses with tinted lenses could deliver life-changing results.
"The differences in people are life-changing,” Jordan told the BBC. “We see people on a daily basis with all sorts of major problems."
Experts have said that although the lenses can be used to treat conditions such as migraines and reading difficulties, making grand claims about them brings the profession into disrepute.
The council said removing Jordan from its register of dispensing opticians was the only sanction suitable to protect patients.
The determination said he had shown disregard for the scope of his practice and the potential risks to patients. It also said there had been repeated and persistent departures from professional standards.
Charlene Tait, director of autism practice and research at Scottish Autism, said research had shown that there is no cure for autism.
“All scientific evidence and credible research compiled to date indicates there is no cure for autism," she said. "That is why we put our focus on promoting further understanding and acceptance of the condition across society and supporting autistic people enhance their quality of life and access as many as opportunities as possible.”
Read more at: http://thirdforcenews.org.uk/tfn-new...5uHFWcSFqph.99
source:
http://thirdforcenews.org.uk/tfn-new...-autism-claims
The 5th World Autism Organization ..................................................
The 5th World Autism Organization International Congress (WAO2018) has been approved as a continuing professional education (CPE) provider for the State of Texas!
Conference Program
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TUESDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2018
| CS 48 |
Recognising, assessing and treating some of the most significant symptoms of ASD using visual processing modification
Jordan, Ian (United Kingdom) + MaGuire, Grianne (Ireland) |
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http://worldautismorganisation.com/c...at-a-glance-26
General Opticians Council of the UK: Reinstate Ian Jordan ...........................
General Opticians Council of the UK: Reinstate Ian Jordan
Ian Jordan is a global expert on optics and sensory integration, and over many years has helped thousands of children and adults with sensory issues related to Autism, Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, and other developmental disorders.
His colored glasses, and systems for testing, have been groundbreaking. Children who could not recognize their parent’s faces have looked on those for the first time, or who have never been able to write in a straight line soared in educational attainment. Ian managed to get positive results for double vision, where the local hospital had failed repeatedly.
Jordan’s Opticians has been a lifeline for many—and often the only real improvement patients have seen in their quality of life. For myself, his glasses helped improve my balance and coordination. For parents and children desperate to improve, Ian’s practice has been a lifeline. I have recommended over twenty people to Ian’s practice who were experiencing vision and sensory issues in relation to developmental problems. Ian’s outstanding commitment to patient care, and his passion for improving the lives of children with sensory integration issues. His work has spread mostly by word of mouth, as patients who have seen positive results share their experiences with friends and family.
After a ten year investigation costing tens of thousands of pounds, the General Optician’s Council has struck Ian off because—according to their ‘expert’ who has never seen Ian work, and never talked to any of the thousands of patients he’s helped—there ‘might’ be a theoretical risk and patients ‘might’ get ‘false hope’.
The GOC have also slurred his professional reputation by saying he ‘diagnosed’ autism unlawfully. This is arrant nonsense, and one I can testify to personally.
As a responsible clinician, if a child is displaying a broadly recognizable set of traits related to autism in front of him, Ian refers the child and parents back to their GP for am assessment and, following that assessment, a diagnoses by the relevant NHS team. Any professional in the team around the child may do so. That is what happened in my case (and he wasn’t the only professional surrounding her raising those concerns, her nursery workers did the same) and the diagnosis of my daughter's Autism was made by the local diagnostics team. It is not possible in the UK for anyone to make an official diagnosis of autism other than a trained diagnostician, and the referral always goes through the Health Visitor or GP.
The GOC have struck Ian off because . . . well, we’re at a loss.
Did he harm anyone?
No.
Was anyone hurt by assessment received at Jordan’s Opticians?
No.
Did his glasses or machinery blind people, perhaps?
Er. . .no.
Nothing.There is not a single cogent reason for striking Ian off.
He was struck off because ‘might’ be giving ‘false’ hope. Because there ‘might’be a ‘theoretical risk’. In doing so the GOC ignored the thousands of real patient experiences in the face of nebulous “theory” from an expert who has not spoken to a single one of us.
Our voices, apparently, do not matter. The GOC have also ignored the testimony of respected expert who HAS seen Ian work.
This was not an investigation. It was witch-hunt by a medical-industrial complex with a clear bias and an unethical agenda.
This petition is to call on the General Opticians Council to reinstate Ian Jordan, to retract their vile, inaccurate, and unjust findings, and to apologies to the Jordansfor ten years of a groundless, vexatious investigation.
Enough's enough.
Please add your voice to mine, and share if you can any positive experience sand real results you’ve had with Ian Jordan and his practice.
I will continue to recommend Jordan's Opticians—still in business—to all friends, family and acquaintances who are having sensory issues with vision. Jordan’s will be remaining my optician and my choice for my child.
Lucy Johnson
Patient
Source: https://www.change.org/p/the-general...ate-ian-jordan
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