tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505655103607408286.post589124174466182350..comments2023-07-05T21:05:40.683+08:00Comments on Happy Family Matters: Understanding ColorblindnessUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505655103607408286.post-45875977875841034682008-04-01T19:00:00.000+08:002008-04-01T19:00:00.000+08:00Thanks for appreciating my tips. I am surprised yo...Thanks for appreciating my tips. I am surprised you patiently read my old posts.<BR/><BR/>I read the post you shares with me and I hope parents will view that.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing.Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01855589155644685869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505655103607408286.post-13485428460161446402008-04-01T15:42:00.000+08:002008-04-01T15:42:00.000+08:00Very nice post because you touch on a topic that i...Very nice post because you touch on a topic that is rarely discussed amongst educators: the role color vision deficiency can play in impeding a child's academic performance. Dr. Terrace Waggoner has let me share a white paper he wrote on the topic. You can see it <A HREF="http://colorvision.typepad.com/color_vision_store/what-teachers-school-nurs.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.John Nashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05332178389209025626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505655103607408286.post-39206468301082946382008-01-27T20:46:00.000+08:002008-01-27T20:46:00.000+08:00Thanks for the additional info, Ian! I just hope t...Thanks for the additional info, Ian! I just hope this post will somehow awaken some health concern groups about this problem, esp. teachers.<BR/>By the way I will to do some research about your "lack of ability to sing" although I think it will take me a loooooong time...LOL!Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01855589155644685869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505655103607408286.post-91366485495739774722008-01-27T20:26:00.000+08:002008-01-27T20:26:00.000+08:00This is a very practical guide for parents, as col...This is a very practical guide for parents, as colorblindness, like dyslexia and autism, is getting some long overdue recognition as real medical conditions that can impede a child's performance in life, particularly in school.<BR/><BR/>This is close to my heart since I myself am colorblind- and yes, I can see colors and my world isn't black and white. There IS such a condition- achromatopsia- where the afflicted's life is one panorama of shades of gray.<BR/><BR/>It isn't so bad, not bad at all. I've learned to live with being colorblind- well, according to the Ishihara Colorblindness Test I took while rotating in Ophthalmologist, I am more "color-deficient" than colorblind.<BR/><BR/>Now if they can only "diagnosis" my awful lack of ability to sing... harharhar Kudos on the post again!ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06927690500691776966noreply@blogger.com