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Color Blindness - Ben

Hi there. I have color blindness so I decided to choose this as my project.
Description-
    Color Blindness is a genetic disorder. When most people hear "color blindness," they think somebody can't see color. But, they really can. What they can't do is find a difference in certain colors. For example, I can't find much of a difference between blue and purple. Color blindness is a mild genetic disorder in which millions of people are infected.


Treatment-
    In reality, there is no treatment for color blindness. It is not significant or serious enough for scientists to research a cure for it. Infected people may find it very frustrating at times. Yet, in most cases it is not a big deal. So, the color blind just have to live with it.


Research-
     The Navy and the air force  do not want color blind people to work for them. They don't want color blind people to work for them because they don't think that they can see as well as someone with perfect eyesight.  Although there is no cure, scientists have found a way for the color blind to get into the Navy and air force. For three weeks, the color blind would look at different colored slides. After three weeks, they could tell a small difference between some colors. Therefore, they could get into the Navy and air force.(1)
  
 
Current Events-
     The first article that I read was on a digital camera website. (Dec. 18, 2008) It was a short article about the Photoshop CO product manager named Brian O'Neil Hughes. Like me, he has color blindness. So, he made his new product color blind proof. He was helped by the University of Tokyo and by a research institute in Ishikawa.(2)
    The second article I found was about a concerned parent who thought that their boy had color blindness. (Jan. 14, 2009) The parent was talking to an online doctor. The Doctor recommended that the boy was to be taken to a doctor for a test. Or the boy could take an online Ishihara test. This was a very good article, please, follow this link to read it.(3)
Color Blindness 


Genetics-
    In this section you will learn why mostly men have color blindness. Men have X and a Y chromosomes. Women have two X's. X is a very sturdy chromosome and Y isn't very stable. Sometimes the Y chromosome in the man can get mutilated. This can cause many diseases. Color blindness is one. There are many other chromosomes that can get mutilated but the X and the Y ones are the most popular.


A day in the life-
    A day in the life of a color blind person can be just the same as someone without it. For example, I have color blindness and experience regular things. But there some dangers and difficulties to it. One very popular difficulty and danger is traffic lights. Although color blind people can't tell much of a difference, they have found a way to get by. What they do is remember that go is at the top of the lights and stop is at the bottom. There are many more things that get in the way. Like drawing with different colors, sometimes they might get mixed up and soon the naturalistic drawing is an abstract picture. Another thing would be getting things containing color. For example, a color blind man gets a green suit. Someone might say, "hey, why is he wearing a pink suit?" Sometimes, a day in the life of a color blind person can be very twisted.


Vocabulary-
(4) Definitions from dictionary.com
  • Mutation- mu ta' tion, N.- a sudden departure from the parent type in one or more heritable characteristics, caused by a change in a gene or a chromosome.
  • Deficiency- de fi' cien cy, N.- the state of being deficient; lack; incompleteness; insufficiency.
  • Retina- ret' i na, N.- the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
  • Optic Nerve- N.- either one of the second pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from the retina to the brain.
  • Macula- mac' u la, N.- Also called macula lutea, yellow spot, an irregularly oval, yellow-pigmented area on the central retina, containing color-sensitive rods and the central point of sharpest vision.


Video clip about color blindness from youtube.com- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfvdScxF_D0

YouTube Video

This is my Color blindness slide show. Please enjoy.

References-
  • 1-Cadan, Henry. "Cure, for color blindness." Time, Assosiated with CNN. Time Magazine. 12 Dec 2008 <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802584,00.html>.
  • 2-Palta, Tanya. "Photoshop CS4 Supports Proofing Schemes for Colorblindness." Digital SLR Blog. Dec. 19, 2008. Photoshopcs4. 7 Jan 2009 <http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Photoshop-CS4-Supports-Proofing-Schemes-for-Colorblindness-19624.htm>.
  • 3-Donohue, Paul. "Eye doctor can ascertain if her son is colorblind." South Coast Today. Jan. 14, 2009. South Coast Today. 21 Jan 2009 <http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090114/LIFE/901140330/-1/ENTERTAIN>.
  • 4-"Defonitions." Dictionary.refrence. Dictionary.com. 21 Jan 2009 <http://dictionary.reference.com/>.

Bibliography-

  • Cadan, Henry. "Cure, for color blindness." Time, Assosiated with CNN. Time Magazine. 12 Dec 2008 <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802584,00.html>.

  • "About Color Blindness." Colors for the Color Blind. Toledo blend.com. 12 Dec 2008 <http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/aboutCB.asp>.

  • "Color Blindness." Eye Conditions. StLukesEye.com. 17 Dec 2008 <http://www.stlukeseye.com/conditions/colorblindness.asp>.

  • "Color Blindness." Eye health center. Oct. 13, 2007. WebMD. 7 Jan 2009 <http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/tc/color-blindness-topic-overview>.

  • Palta, Tanya. "Photoshop CS4 Supports Proofing Schemes for Colorblindness." Digital SLR Blog. Dec. 19, 2008. Photoshopcs4. 7 Jan 2009 <http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Photoshop-CS4-Supports-Proofing-Schemes-for-Colorblindness-19624.htm>.

  • Donohue, Paul. "Eye doctor can ascertain if her son is colorblind." South Coast Today. Jan. 14, 2009. South Coast Today. 21 Jan 2009 <http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090114/LIFE/901140330/-1/ENTERTAIN>.

  • "Defonitions." Dictionary.refrence. Dictionary.com. 21 Jan 2009 <http://dictionary.reference.com/>.




Comments (19)

Muhamad kare"den - Dec 10, 2008 10:57 AM

i have a little color blindness

Annette Dolby - Dec 10, 2008 8:28 PM

awsome jod ben

ronan collins - Dec 10, 2008 11:06 PM

who is muhamad kare"den

James Connor - Dec 11, 2008 5:44 PM

it is Ian

Annette Dolby - Dec 13, 2008 10:58 AM

good job ben

Adrian C. - Dec 17, 2008 10:51 AM

ok, awesome page ben
can scientist make special lenses that let people who are color lind see the colors?

Maya L.I. - Jan 6, 2009 8:02 PM

Nice ben!

sarah Rubenstein - Jan 12, 2009 6:33 PM

Good start. Can you explain why the air force doesn't want color blind people? I look forward to the finished page.

James Connor - Jan 16, 2009 9:16 AM

i can help you

Annette Dolby - Jan 17, 2009 11:37 AM

i think ou should add a page of a test of do you have color blindness. that would be really kool, and mr. calkins might give you a bonus for it

Larkin Murray - Jan 17, 2009 12:50 PM

cool i like the pics can you test yourself with the circle thingies

Annette Dolby - Jan 21, 2009 11:10 AM

good job

Kylie Viola - Jan 21, 2009 11:10 AM

i love the tests u have!!!

Carinn C - Jan 21, 2009 3:30 PM

great images, and way to make it personal, you can feel the connection, nice work

anastasia fry - Jan 21, 2009 5:27 PM

I really like the images you put in great job!!!!!!!!

ronan collins - Jan 22, 2009 4:11 PM

cool tests.

Annette Dolby - Jan 22, 2009 7:38 PM

i like it
dont for get a slideshow

Lauren Clark - Jan 22, 2009 7:48 PM

I really like all the pictures...it gets your point across nicely

Sophie V - Jan 23, 2009 3:28 PM

its very organized and has good info.