Color blindness/Color Deficiency

Hi,
My husband is color blind, and when I taught school I had quite a few students with color blindness. It's really not that big of a deal. Be sure to let his teachers know that he is color blind, expecially in kindergarten. In case they have to identify colors in which case he would have some trouble, but that should not reflect grading in anyway. As he gets older it really shouldn't slow him down in any way. I taught fifth grade and never had a real problem, all of the students could do all of the work that I assigned, and I offered extra help to any of the kids who were color blind for certain projects, but none of them ever needed it. I did however have O. parent O. time who blamed me for their child's bad grade because of them being color blind. Turned out they waited until the last minute to do the project and used that excuse as a reason for not being able to finish. Interesting I thought when none of the other 3 children in the class who were color blind had any trouble at all. Be careful of that and don't use it as an excuse to not complete some assignments. Over all it's really not a big deal. He'll be fine. Good luck
C.

I have two sons with color blindness. My first son is 16 and has not had any major difficulties- my other son is almost 6, in Kindergarten, and has the usual difficulties with crayon choices (there are different kinds of color blindness- both sons have difficulty with darker and pastel colors). I made sure I let the teachers who have had both sons know beforehand that they need to keep the color blindness in mind when doing projects that require certain colors. I also write it into the emergency contact/medical forms that are kept in the school office. You will want to keep the communication open with your child's teacher and ask him/her to keep you abreast of any frustration/difficulty your child experiences. Teachers are more than ready to work together and partner with you so that your child can enjoy school and get the most out of the experience.

My son is color blind and a friend mine has a son that is color blind too. She taught him to recognize his colors by "reading" the colors on the crayons

I actually am suspecting my 5yo to be color blind. My mother and both of my brothers are color blind. We have had alot of trouble teaching him the difference between blues, greens and purples. This has not slowed him down in any other way so far.

The only thing that ever a problem for my oldest brother, and I say ONLY lightly. He could not fly. By this I mean he went into the air force and they would not let him become a pilot. This was a huge issue for him being that it was his dream but he went into another field and has since done well.

My Mom just has issues with picking out matching clothing *grin* Same with my other brother. And I work in a field where I deal with color dyes and my excuse for any mistake is of course that I was raised by a color blind woman! Hehe. Hope some of that helped!

Hi Denise...Two of my three boys have been tested as color deficient. They weren't tested until 1st grade so there is a chance my youngest is too. So far no school issues. I've just made their teachers aware and they seem to be ok. Good luck!

B.

My son was already in kindergarten when they discovered he was red-green color blind. His teachers were shocked because he had NO issues in learning his colors at school. It is my understanding that what he sees as red is just different than what we see, but it is always red to him. Hopefully, my experience is normal and you won't have any issues!

My son is in 2nd grade and also was confirmed to have "color deficiency". Again, in this case, the school caught it in their screenings and my opthamologist confirmed it. He has been doing fine at school. It would be good for the school to know; otherwise, don't worry about it. My dad, who didn't know till he was older that had this deficiency, graduated with honors from college.

Here's a question...Have you talked to your dad? and maybe his parents? Get a little history on what went down when he went to school? While I can understand your concern, I would not dwell on it. Normally they put the name of the color besides the color and secondly from what I am told, (my uncle is color blind), generally can see primary colors. Secondary colors are a task that can be easily assisted with the teachers' help.

Mom of 4.