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Help Jaxson See The World In Color!
Jaxson will turn 8 in May of 2019. He is color blind. He has strong proton color blindness. This means that his red cones don't detect enough red and are too sensitive to greens, yellows and organs. As a result, greens, yellows, oranges, reds and browns appear the same especially in low light. He also has difficulty telling blues from purples and pinks from grays.
Jaxson is a sweet kid and is well adapted to having color blindness but it does make somethings more difficult. You really take for granted how much you rely on seeing color. There are many common things that Jaxson struggles with: picking out clothes that match, finding the right color of LEGO while building a kit, seeing print on a colored background, and even seeing his bobber while fishing.
I took him to try the color blind glasses out because he told me that he just wanted to see what the world was really like. He described seeing colors for the first times as amazing and mind-blowing! He told me that he saw colors that he never saw before like red, purple and pink.
He told me that he doesn't want me to get him the glasses because he is okay with how God made him and he doesn't want me to spend that much money on him. I would like to get him these for his birthday so that he doesn't feel as if we are spending tons of money on him.
His lenses will cost about $469. This is the cost with the frames. We are hoping that insurance maybe able to cover the frames. Insurance will not cover anything for the lenses.
Please help us let Jaxson see the world in color!
WHAT IS ENCHROMA?
Enchroma glasses are an optical assistive device; they are not a cure for color blindness. Results vary depending on the type and extent of color vision deficiency per individual. The glasses are estimated to be effective for 4 out of 5 cases (80%) of red-green color vision deficiency – prospective users are encouraged to take our online color vision test to assess the likelihood of efficacy. Enchroma does not endorse use of the glasses to pass occupational screening tests such as the Ishihara test. For more information please read the FAQs , learn about the Enchroma technology and story , or contact customer support .
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