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To: Daffynition
They can't become pilots, firefighters, electricians, police officers or take part in several other professions.

Note: Color blindness has a very large continuum, ranging from no color vision at all to very mild. As an inflicted individual, I could get a general aviation pilot's license but not a air transportation / passenger-carrying endorsement. Primary reason is that under some emergency conditions, a pilot would need to be able to see and differentiate between the red & green signal light guns from the control tower.

It will be interesting to see if these glasses can handle the wide variation of degrees of color-blindness!

2 posted on 11/23/2015 4:46:44 AM PST by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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To: SES1066

I bought a pair of these enchroma $350 glasses for a friend with severe red/green color blindness. They may have helped somewhat for him to see some different hues. cant use them indoors.


3 posted on 11/23/2015 4:54:18 AM PST by CharlotteVRWC
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To: SES1066

I did an online slideshow color blindness test this month and can see what you are talking about with marginal conditions. I passed and was surprised to see that the test included some graphics that only had numbers if you were colorblind.


13 posted on 11/23/2015 6:49:31 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The goal of Socialism is Communism. Marx and Lenin were in agreement on this.)
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16 posted on 11/23/2015 9:36:14 AM PST by Daffynition (*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
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To: SES1066

It is dang tough to be a red / green color blind engineer. You have an awful time reading graphs and usually have to remember all the numbers to get a sense of the data in a pictorial way.

Stoplights when the sun hits them just right are really tough.


25 posted on 11/23/2015 8:22:41 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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