Growing up I never quite got the idea of how it was that colorblindness worked. I understood that it meant the person could not distinguish between certain colors and shades –e.g.: red/green, blue/purple or in serve cases I guess they don’t see any color at all, but it always bewildered me what exactly then do they see. I mean if a person cannot tell between red and green, what color does he see? And if he can’t see one of the colors how does he know what’s red and what’s actually green?
Sounds funny doesn’t it? Well I know someone with color blindness. And since I’ve met him I’ve come to learn that it’s anything but funny. Sure it tickles me a little when he sees leaves, grass and even by apple green nail polish as red when they are actually green but look past that sick humor you’ll see that this is a serious disability that dampens the “suffers” hopes, dreams and ambitions, no less than the need for prosthetics. In fact in some cases, I think color blindness is worse.
You can’t distinguish or see colors and shades; and you’ll always worry at the pre-employment heath screen if the report will discriminate you. You will probably never be allowed to drive or have a future in any field that requires you to have ‘colored vision’ – engineering, art, designing, piloting etc… And sometimes if the condition is bad enough you can’t tell bank notes apart without looking at the details (digits) so in haste you could find yourself mixing the notes up.
Science promises a cure, citing that they have monkeys and rats that have been cured but I’m not sure we’re quite yet there. In the meantime I’ve looked around and researched about natural cures for color blindness…sadly I can’t find any. The closest I can suggest is Sanjeevan School For Perfect Sight where they don’t use medication or perform surgery, merely the use of the Bates method. I’m not sure how effective it is but judging from the testimonials on the website, it’s does wonders for those with color blindness!
Either way what I really want to stress here is the misconception about color blindness. It isn’t always necessarily a genetic disorder nor one caused by an unfortunate accident. Color blindness can occur due exposure to certain chemicals such as carbon monoxide, carbon disulfide, fertilizers, styrene and lead. More reason for you to join in on the fight to keep toxic chemicals at bay and the earth green and free from such poisons.
