Colour blindness

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It has been confirmed what I long suspected: ds is colour blind. Ds is 5 years old.

What now? By that, I mean education and health wise? I know that it 'matters' but to what extent?

My ds is colour blind according to optician when tested at age 5 and confirmed by the next 2 tests. I was told that as my father is colourblind all my sons have a 50% chance of it but still had not thought DS was affected.

We have not done anything different or even advised school but perhaps we should have. I understand certain jobs are not available. Interested to hear if anyone has any advice for you.

I wasn't surprised as my brother has exactly the same colour blindness.

Obviously my son can't be an electrian (ds can't distinguish between green, brown and dark/burgundy red - they are all the same 'colour' to him but with different shades). And a career in the army, police including forensic service will be out as well.

Ds' school are aware, as are the health professionals (it's in his medical records). However, they haven't advised anything. It's been a little bit of, " oh, he's colour blind, nothing we can do about it, never mind".

Hence my op.

Unfortunately there really isnt anything anyone can do about CB. But as long as your kids are steered away from careers they wont be able to do it shouldnt affect them a huge amount.
They might not make the best snooker players either !

My dh is completely red/green colour blind (reds, greens and browns look the same to him and he can't see the difference between yellow and some greens, or purple and pink either). I don't think that there are any health issues with genetic colour blindness, it's just the cones at the back of the eye are affected. The only educational problems he experienced was being told that he shouldn't take Chemistry at A level, as a chunk of the practicals are about colour differences.

Otherwise I think the only unhappiness it has caused him is when he was told he couldn't be an engine driver when he was small.