colour blind,

[Alfred]

Although many people including myself have in past years paid a visit to the optician, and ended up paying for a new pair of glasses. although i have had my cataract's done ten years ago i still need to have reading glasses,

how ever many years ago when i was called up to do my national service it was whilst i was being medically examined , by the army i learned that i was colour blind , and i thought if this is the case perhaps i wouldn't be needed ……………….oh yes i was and like many others served  my two years ,

so i wonder today when a person has an eye sight test does this include say a colour blind test or is that optional.

Q; are you colour blind, and if so has it caused you any concerns or if like me i forget at times that i am,.

[Sheila]

Our grandson is colour blind which apparently may affect his career choice when he is older.

I have lost my sense of smell, maybe as a result of taking three different antibiotics every day for 18 months.

[Ashy]

If the career choice required normal colour vision the chances are a prospective employer would have the applicant tested for colour vision.

[GrannyMac]

Colour blindness is much more likely to occur in males than females. 


I've worn distance vision glasses since my teens.  Although I've had varifocals for years, I read perfectly well without glasses. 

[Diasi]

Our grandson is colour blind which apparently may affect his career choice when he is older.

I have lost my sense of smell, maybe as a result of taking three different antibiotics every day for 18 months.

Train driver, pilot, electronics / electrical engineer, all dependant on the type & degree, spring to mind.

But if an employer has a choice between colour blind & non-colour blind it'll usually be the non-colour blind applicant who gets the job.

Lost sense of smell would probably be a plus for a toilet attendant.

[Sheila]

Lost sense of smell would probably be a plus for a toilet attendant.

If I ever become hard up I could start a new career.  Thanks for the pointer Phil.

[Michael Rolls]

RAF aircrew medical checked me for colour blindness - I was fine - but sadly failed me on other eyesight parameters
Mike 

[Diasi]

The new Jubilee tube line is now accepting colour blind drivers because there are no red / green signals as the trains are controlled automatically, including acceleration & braking.

I am tempted to contact TFL & ask why there's a need for any driver, never mind at £55,000 per year, on an automatic train.

£55,000 per year is a good wage for the drivers who have to learn that that red means stop & green means go, so I can't see any justification for paying it to a driver who doesn't have to learn such complexities.

[GrannyMac]

Our grandson is colour blind which apparently may affect his career choice when he is older.

I have lost my sense of smell, maybe as a result of taking three different antibiotics every day for 18 months.

Part of me sympathises Sheila, mine is very strong. Lovely in the garden, or when I'm folding clean washing. I love the smell of lavender, Pears soap, cut grass and so many more.  However, my stomach can be turned quite easily by some smells, especially unwashed bodies and clothes.  Yuk.