colourblindness?

[mum21andtwins]

I think my ds1 might be colourblind in some way (he mixes up blues/greens). In what way would this affect him in his daily life? I have no idea if this is something I should test for or if I need to be more aware for certain things.
Anyone have any advice for me?

[Ruthla]

DS was diagnosed with color blindness during a screening by the school nurse. I'd suggest taking him to a health care provider (optomotrist or pediatrician) for the same screening, just so you can know for certain. The HCP may also have specific tips to help you with his specific form of color blindness.

It doesnt' really affect DS much at all, except that it can be hard to play "I spy" with him (he gets green and brown mixed up so it confuses the game) and those "3D glasses" don't work for him (which made him VERY dissapointed when a book came with those glasses and he couldnt' see anything popping up.) So it affects him in small, annoying ways, but it truly doesn't have any major effects on his life. My uncle is also color blind (can't tell red from green) and that can affect his driving, but he's learned to compensate (he knows the highest light means stop and the lowest means go, but they look the same to him.)

[mum21andtwins]

OMG I'msoglad you mentioned the 3d thing.we wereplanning to take him to a toystory 3d viewingI guess we get his eyes checked before we do that.

Thanks!!

[tinybutterfly]

Both of my boys are color blind and the only thing the optometrist said they couldn't do is be pilots on an airline.

Ds#1 has red/green issues, ds#2 has red/green and blue/purple issues.

Little small things pop up that can be an problematic, but like Ruthla said, they learned to compensate.

The test my boys took just involved looking at a pattern of colored dots and trying to see the number that was there.

Oh, my boys are 21 and 15 and doing fine with it.

[karemore]

My husband is color blind and for the most part I forget. Then I'll ask him to hand me the "whatever" color something and he'll ask which one I mean.

He also couldn't read the red and green lights on our battery charger to know when the batteries were done. Now we have one that blinks....

For a child I'd be worried that people think he's not able to follow directions when the issue may be he isn't sure which color something is.

[onyxravnos]

how old is your ds? color blindness is more common in males but also age is a big issue. have your tried with different shades of blue & green? some blue greens are very similar but perhaps he can tell the difference between a daygo green and a turquoise ?

[TortelliniMama]

My brother is colorblind (red/green, I think). I believe that if you ask him how it's had the greatest impact on his life, he'd say it's the way that people, after hearing that he's colorblind, immediately start pointing out objects and asking him what color he thinks they are. So, his advice to you would probably be to have your ds tested with real colorblindness tests (either now or when he's old enough -- I think a lot of them require number recognition), and don't spend much time trying to figure it out on your own by asking him to identify colors, because it gets pretty old after a while.

[mum21andtwins]

Thanks everyone.
Ds is 5and a half. I think we'll take hime for a test dh needs to go for an eyetest anyway so they can do it together and ds won't feel weird about it.

[MamaJenese]

My Dad and My DH are both colorblind. Other then having some difficulty matching clothing it is really not a big deal. Also as a PP sayed a 3D movie is totally lost on them. There are tests on line that you can find as long as the child can recognize numbers. Red Green coloblindness is the most common. Are there any coloblind men on your side of the family?

[Peony]

My Dh is colorblind. He has learned to compensate, I have to help him dress most days, the poor guy can't match his clothes for anything. He did take flying lessons for a while and wasn't able to fly at night because he couldn't see the runway lights. With cable wires, he had to memorize which order the colors went in because he can't figure out which colors are which. Yep to the 3D thing being lost on him. Dh can't tell which light is red or green either by color, he just knows to look at the top or bottom. He can't tell any pastel colors apart, they all look the same. He can't see blue at all and refuses to wear anything blue. His clothing is very limited!

[mum21andtwins]

Thanks everyone.
I'm not sure f there are any colourblind men in my side I don't really speak with much o my family.
Hubby has a few weeks of so we'll see what they say.I showed him some pictures here but he was just joking around lol!

[Ruthla]

Originally Posted by MamaJenese

Other then having some difficulty matching clothing it is really not a big deal.

I know some people who are NOT colorblind who have difficulty matching clothing!