Intended for healthcare professionals

Rapid response to:

Papers

Impact of congenital colour vision deficiency on education and unintentional injuries: findings from the 1958 British birth cohort

BMJ 2004; 329 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38176.685208.F7 (Published 04 November 2004) Cite this as: BMJ 2004;329:1074

Rapid Response:

Positives of screening for colour vision

I am very glad my defective colour vision was picked up at school. I
was given different colour maps for geography exams, I was given verbal
explanations of coloured lines I could not see on the blackboard and I
have been aware in general life and my current profession, to check that I
am not missing things which those with normal colour vision take for
granted. Colour vision is not supposed to change but I can now see pink
blossom and red berries on trees which I could not see when younger.I do
not think my life has been adversely affected because I knew and I take
extra care if colour changes are important.If we do not screen children
will they worry about their general vision if they cannot see what their
friends are seeing or worse will they define themselves as odd or stupid?

Competing interests:
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Competing interests: No competing interests

05 November 2004
Jane E Boulton
Midwifery Tutor
EIHMS,Surrey University, GU2 7TE