colour blindness

[stottiecake]

my 6yo had an eye test yesterday and I asked the optician to do a colour blindness test I suspected he might be colour blind. Ds could not see any of the numbers in the pictures. the optician was quite surprised and said he was definitely red green colour blind but possibly totally. I just wondered what the next step is. I don't think there is anything we can do. its just useful to know so we can inform the teacher.

I'm colourblind. It's helpful to inform teachers so they can avoid colour combinations he struggles with, in my experience not always as simple as it sounds.

The most annoying thing for me was constantly being asked what colour things are (mine isn't the common red/green type).

As far as I'm aware nothing can be done (I could be wrong though). I did find it upsetting that I was prevented from being a pilot and also some engineering jobs (I was diagnosed later in life after choosing those occupations).

Not sure that helps much.

that does help, thank you. I am very interested in hearing about experiences with colour blindness and how we can help ds. I feel sad but he is oblivious - nothing has changed for him! he has perfect 20 20 vision!

The thing is if he is colourblind he won't ever know any different. Personally i find it really frustrating to be asked about what colours things are as my colour vision is normal to me. I can't imagine what it must be like to see loads of varying colours anymore than you can imagine it being restricted. It can make for interesting combinations when colouring/painting as well (or so I was told!)

It shouldn't matter too much, unless he desperately wanted to be a pilot or a few other jobs that require 20/20 colour vision.

I did find during my last years of study more and more problems with presentations/online stuff where teachers/resources used colours I couldn't see - especially in one class where there was a student with some kind of LD/SEN who unfortunately required presentations in a colour I can't see hence saying mentioning to teachers is a good idea, also in terms of colouring and them doing games with colours (I don't know if schools still do that though) which can be isolating and frustrating if you are colourblind (things like the circles with pictures in I can't see and others can) - when older less of an issue when young can be upsetting.

thank you - your message is very reassuring! he is a happy boy, enjoys school and has lots of friends. I think we will just carry on as we were, let the relevant people know so that he doesn't feel at a disadvantage.

I had a teacher at primary who was totally colourblind. He just made sure that the paint pots were labelled clearly, but other than that it never was noticable.
He made the most fantastic model aircraft and they were always the right colours when he painted them.