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Warming the Bed
From a conversation i had with a friend the other day, he was unable to join the RAF of the Navy (not sure if they are careers your daughter would be interested in anyway!) yet was able to join the Army!
Also i can see problems with being an electrician, yet i dont think they are any requirements against colour blindness to being one.
As for more typically "female" jobs, like carers such i dont see it being a problem at all.
Also i can see problems with being an electrician, yet i dont think they are any requirements against colour blindness to being one.
As for more typically "female" jobs, like carers such i dont see it being a problem at all.
Hi i am colour blind myself and strictly speaking there are no jobs that she would be discounted for although some may be difficult.
It all depends on what colours she is blind to also because it can vary from shades to full colours etc but i have actually found over time that although not actually knowing what the colour is i can actually tell what it is from past experience.
I do find it hard to play snooker though but thats cos im crap rather than colour blind i am sure.
Other jobs like dye sampling and just jobs that involve colour recognition like fashion buyers or designers of any sort involving colour would also be difficult.
Hope this helps a little although sometimes when i type its all muddled and as clear as MUD to everyone else reading it..
It all depends on what colours she is blind to also because it can vary from shades to full colours etc but i have actually found over time that although not actually knowing what the colour is i can actually tell what it is from past experience.
I do find it hard to play snooker though but thats cos im crap rather than colour blind i am sure.
Other jobs like dye sampling and just jobs that involve colour recognition like fashion buyers or designers of any sort involving colour would also be difficult.
Hope this helps a little although sometimes when i type its all muddled and as clear as MUD to everyone else reading it..
Sex God
Quote by Clare_Lincs
Our daughter who is 3 is showing signs of colour blindess,now we know its not going to cause any major problems if she is colour what id like to know is if she does have it or doesnt as the case may be,is what careers would she be unable to do???
snooker commentator would be a bit dodgy, but in all seriousness I don't see it being much of a problem Clare, I've got a problem with colour but it's never held me back, I can empty wheelie bins into the truck as quick as the rest of the team. As for other careers I'm sure there are plenty of options out there that are not dependant on colour vision.
Thanks for the replies so far,she is a very head strong little madam and i have a feeling that when she decides what she wants to be therell be no budging her so i just hope that she doesnt pick something that she cant do 
Apparently it cant be tested until she is 11 but from what we can gather she can tell most colours but red and green.
Apparently it cant be tested until she is 11 but from what we can gather she can tell most colours but red and green.
Sex God
I doubt that she'd be able to join the forces, I do know of people who have been turned down for careers in all three because of colour blindness.
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Thanks for the replies so far,she is a very head strong little madam and i have a feeling that when she decides what she wants to be therell be no budging her so i just hope that she doesnt pick something that she cant do
Apparently it cant be tested until she is 11 but from what we can gather she can tell most colours but red and green.
Ah, don't fret it if it's problems with red and green. It's usually just the varied shades and not the bold colours you see differently. I see certain reds as browns, and greens I see as blue. Never worried me. Not even with traffic lights.
She'll be alright, besides, you can't miss what you don't know.
Good luck to you and yours.
Sex God
Electricians do have to have a colour blindness test in order to qualify.
hth.
hth.
Sex God
I have a colour blind friend who used to work in a shop selling decorating materials. He spent his days advising people what colours looked good together :shock: . He said that in all honestly, anything that was red, green, blue, or yellow, looked pretty much the same to him so he didn't have a clue what to say to his customers - he just let them decide.... mind you, he is a very good bullshitter! 
I think as far as everyday life is concerned, colour blindness is no biggie, but worth getting her checked out Clare
I think as far as everyday life is concerned, colour blindness is no biggie, but worth getting her checked out Clare
Warming the Bed
"Yawn"
Dont take offence.
Reading the papers only last week it showed that the jobs most took up by males were plumbers/plasterers/builders etc, and females were mainly taking up jobs in the nurseing/teaching/caring sides of life.
I think most people would view these jobs and typically, traditionally "female" jobs.
Im not saying males cant be equally good doing these jobs, or females equally good doing alternative jobs.
Dont take offence.
Reading the papers only last week it showed that the jobs most took up by males were plumbers/plasterers/builders etc, and females were mainly taking up jobs in the nurseing/teaching/caring sides of life.
I think most people would view these jobs and typically, traditionally "female" jobs.
Im not saying males cant be equally good doing these jobs, or females equally good doing alternative jobs.
i am colour blind and it has not effected me as i found out very young, it is very unusuall for females to be coulour blind as it is indeed carried on the x chromosone. It is normally passed from mother to son, the son then displays the colour blind phenotype, if the son then has a daughter she will most probably carry the colour blind gene and pass it to any sons.
But i digress.........
Its never caused me any problems apart from people asking "what colours that then?" which becomes slightly irritating
As far as jobs go the following are definatly no no's
Commercial Pilots
RAF
Any rank above private in armed forces
As for wiring no problems the colours chosen are colour blind proof. The only probs i ever had was codes on resistors in electronics......
I really wouldn't worry three is quiet young and she will probably turn out not to have it. Has she done any of the tests yet? Maybe a bit difficult will try to find you a link to some basically you have to pick number out of a load of multicoloured bubbles.
When i took the test i was about 6 or 7 and my mum (bless her! :D ) was convinced i was messing about because a saw totally different number to her!!
So all in all dont worry any more questions PM me
Hope that helps
NCB
But i digress.........
Its never caused me any problems apart from people asking "what colours that then?" which becomes slightly irritating
As far as jobs go the following are definatly no no's
Commercial Pilots
RAF
Any rank above private in armed forces
As for wiring no problems the colours chosen are colour blind proof. The only probs i ever had was codes on resistors in electronics......
I really wouldn't worry three is quiet young and she will probably turn out not to have it. Has she done any of the tests yet? Maybe a bit difficult will try to find you a link to some basically you have to pick number out of a load of multicoloured bubbles.
When i took the test i was about 6 or 7 and my mum (bless her! :D ) was convinced i was messing about because a saw totally different number to her!!
So all in all dont worry any more questions PM me
Hope that helps
NCB
Sex God
I have just read clare that although colour blindness affects quite a number of the population, that it is predominately boys who are effected as Gurl said. I remember a boy in my high school class who wanted to be a piolet but couldnt because of his colour blindness, so then he chose to be an electrician He made it in the end as his wasn't too severe and he passed his tests
I agree that it is very worth while to get her checked over just incase.
best wishes. x
He made it in the end as his wasn't too severe and he passed his tests I agree that it is very worth while to get her checked over just incase.
best wishes. x I'm slightly colour blind, & that prevented me from working as a colour printer in a darkroom many years ago............. but who the hell wants to work in the dark all day 
Colour blindness is not a problem with driving & won't stop her getting a driving licence. The coloured lights on traffic lights are easily distinguished due to the position of the lights. Yellow lights before a school crossing flash vertically, while the red lights before a railway crossing flash horizontally. So Libra-Love, I'd happily jump into your car...... :D :P
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*Writes note to self* Don't get in a car with Libra-Love driving.
Colour blindness is not a problem with driving & won't stop her getting a driving licence. The coloured lights on traffic lights are easily distinguished due to the position of the lights. Yellow lights before a school crossing flash vertically, while the red lights before a railway crossing flash horizontally. So Libra-Love, I'd happily jump into your car......
:D :P 
Sex God
Aww Clare, its hard when you see your own kids struggling with something like this. There are so many wonderful jobs out there that she can do and maybe because of her colourblindness, she will take more time and consideration looking into different careers and not just falling into one, therefore will be better off. I do understand yr concerns about her thou.
My own two children have eyesight problems too, they are albino (Type 2 ie. blue eyes not pink eyes) and a characteristic of this is Nystagmus (eyes which swing). We were told when my daughter was 8 weeks old that her eyesight was going to be so bad that she was classed as disabled and virtually blind. No wonder I ended up with post natal depression! Nearly 7 years on, shes in a mainstream school, her reading age is only a few months behind her actual age, shes a popular girl at school, has swimming lessons, and shes blonde, blue eyed and just gorgeous!
After having her, we visited a geneticist to see about the possibilities of having another albino child. We were told the odds were 1 in 4 of having another albino child. Well lightening struck twice lol and we now have two. Our son is also albino and has very slight nystagmus, but im kinda glad he is albino because he looks the same as our daughter, can u imagine having a white/blond haired daughter and a dark brown haired son?? We get comments all the time as to how gorgeous they both are and im so proud of them both.
But like you i worry about careers, as well as their freedom (because they wont be able to drive), their social life and skills, etc.
:rose:
My own two children have eyesight problems too, they are albino (Type 2 ie. blue eyes not pink eyes) and a characteristic of this is Nystagmus (eyes which swing). We were told when my daughter was 8 weeks old that her eyesight was going to be so bad that she was classed as disabled and virtually blind. No wonder I ended up with post natal depression! Nearly 7 years on, shes in a mainstream school, her reading age is only a few months behind her actual age, shes a popular girl at school, has swimming lessons, and shes blonde, blue eyed and just gorgeous!
After having her, we visited a geneticist to see about the possibilities of having another albino child. We were told the odds were 1 in 4 of having another albino child. Well lightening struck twice lol and we now have two. Our son is also albino and has very slight nystagmus, but im kinda glad he is albino because he looks the same as our daughter, can u imagine having a white/blond haired daughter and a dark brown haired son?? We get comments all the time as to how gorgeous they both are and im so proud of them both.
But like you i worry about careers, as well as their freedom (because they wont be able to drive), their social life and skills, etc.
:rose:
Casanova
Hope this is useful (pdf)
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Any rank above private in armed forces
This one is not right Clare. I was a mechanic in the army and went higher than private, so it does not make a difference. They do not let you become any trade that involves electrical work e.g. Electronic Techs, Aircraft Techs or Vehicle Electricians but most of the other trades are open to your little girl. I suppose bomb disposal may be out on this one as well.
I heard, but have not had it confirmed, that the Police reject colour blind people and I suspect civil electricians may not let colour blind people undertake their trade.
Apart from that there is not many jobs that she can't be able to do. It is not much of a handicap but it sometimes gets frustrating when you can't work out the colours. I have also suffered with colour clashing, so I always go shopping with someone else
.I saw that someone mentioned driving could be a problem. It has always made me laugh when they ask "How do you know what to do at traffic lights?"
Easy, top=stop, middle=stop or prepare to go, bottom=go. Who needs to know what colour they are?
Good luck on your research, and you will find she will not find it a hindrence when she gets older.
Dave_Notts
ps when I bought my red shirt when I was 22, it was red ok. It was not pink, as the rest of the battalion pointed out OK!!!!
Orgasminator
Colour blindness usally rules out my job as an electrican, especially when site working, have frequently had to take colour tests when working on tarmac & readymix plants.
Was also a prerequist when i did the electronics exam many years ago to have perfect colour reconigition, Resistor colour codes and the like.
But I wish her good luck in whatever she decides in later life.
Was also a prerequist when i did the electronics exam many years ago to have perfect colour reconigition, Resistor colour codes and the like.
But I wish her good luck in whatever she decides in later life.
One of our closet friends is red/green colourblind and it's never caused him too many problems. He's a professional photographer and semi-professional cricketer.
He used to have a rather strange idea of what looked good when he went out though, which probably explains why he wears black most of the time these days !
He used to have a rather strange idea of what looked good when he went out though, which probably explains why he wears black most of the time these days !
Sex God
im colour blind with greens n blues , cant choose the colour schemes for the house but hey , what man can !!!!
Orgasminator
Quote by Dave__Notts
I suppose bomb disposal may be out on this one as well.
oddly enough, I had a friend who was colourblind who was refused entry into the navy on those grounds. he now works in bomb disposal. when you think about it, knowing the colour of wires could actually be a disadvantage!
