Stories from living with #colourblindness for #ColourBlindAwarenessDay

This is my last one. I've had it rough but for kids today I think it's worse. Colour is used everywhere in teaching and the tech uses for it. Seems to be little thought given to including colourblind kids.
I've been posting this lot because, after 50 odd years I honestly think it should be better not worse.

I shouldn't be surprised given the way ppl with known disabilities are excluded but it still sucks.
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Stories from living with #colourblindness for #ColourBlindAwarenessDay

Despite what I've been saying here, it's not too bad living with colour blindness. You get used to the fact that your eyes lie to you.

The problem is the recent proliferation of poor colour choices in websites, modern tech (is that router light flashing green or orange?). This excludes us.

If you want us in your audience, make the small effort for the big impact. (See my first post today)
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Stories from living with #colourblindness for #ColourBlindAwarenessDay

When I was tested and found to be colourblind my mum asked what it meant. The nurse said "oh not too much, he won't be able to do certain jobs, like being a pilot"

I had always wanted to fly helicopters and so this was devastating news for me. I found other great careers but I wish I'd been able to pilot helicopters.

Colourblind people are not allowed to do certain jobs: military, electrician, among others.
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Stories from living with #colourblindness for #colourblindawarenessday

I've had this since birth but I didn't know until I was tested aged around 8.

My mum thought I was mucking around during the test and kept telling me off. Eventually she was asked to step outside so they could test me properly.

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Stories from living with #colourblindness for #ColourBlindAwarenessDay

I have deuteranomaly, commonly known as red/green colour vision deficiency. It's the most common form. I can see both colours but the red and green cones in my eyes are defective (to put it simply) and it means I mix those parts of colours up quite frequently.
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Stories from living with #colourblindness for #ColourBlindAwarenessDay

I was playing snooker with a mate and had to pot the brown ball. As I bent down to play it merged into the cushion shadow behind it.
No matter what I did I couldn't see the ball.
I had to ask my opponent to hold his finger above the brown and trust that he kept it there.

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Stories about living with #colourblindness for #ColourBlindAwarenessDay

Genetic/hereditary Colour blindness cannot be cured. Nope not even by those stupid sunglasses. They don't work and are a rip off.

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Stories from living with #colourblindness for #ColourBlindAwarenessDay

I have often had to point out that I can't tell which line on a business chart is red, green ,blue, purple etc.

I have frequently been told I should ask the person next to me to point at it!
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Stories from living with #colourblindness for #ColourBlindAwarenessDay

As a schoolboy I spent a lot of time in shops being told by my mum to put the navy or dark green trousers back because I needed black ones.

I still struggle with this and rely on my wife or children a lot.