My ds1 has just started in reception and in the last couple of weeks I have realised he has a colour vision deficiency. To him, dark green looks like red, and turquoise looks like blue. He also uses 'grey' to describe many other colours, and I don't think it's through lack of vocabulary. I've read up about it, but mostly on US websites like this one . I've also mentioned it to his teacher. But I don't want him to be dismissed as 'difficult' or 'slow' at this early stage just because he could find it hard to distinguish colours in books etc., and might not have the confidence to explain why to the adults around him. (He doesn't mind challenging me but he's more reticent with other adults!)
I think I should take him for a test to confirm it - but who should I speak to first? I'm inclined to just take him into a local optician but this NHS webpage seems to imply that (a) he will get a test at school sometime this year and (b) that since he is under 5 I should talk to the GP, HV or school nurse first. I have experience with my GPs dismissing me as an overanxious parent so I don't really want to go to them. The HV is okay but I can imagine she will say it's not her area of expertise. I have no idea what the school nurse is like.
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who to go to re. colour vision deficiency in 4yo?
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MummyPig · 23/09/2006 23:28
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