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As a project in one of my classes we use the Carolina Eye Test and test each others vision. This year has changed my perspective and made me realize just how much I take for granted. While testing this particular student, we realized that not only was he in need of prescription glasses, but that he also could not distinguish between certain colors. I remember hearing other students joking with him about colors, never realizing that he truly was colorblind. I took him aside and talked to him about this at length. I can't imagine not seeing the green grass, all the yellows and oranges of flowers in the spring, the subtle differences in all of our colors that I take for granted...He can't see them... I asked him what the sun looked like to him and I was told "I think it looks like a bright white light." When I asked how he made it to the 11th grade without knowing the difference in his colors, he told me he cheated. Friends would tell him what the colors were or hand him the colors he needed, but he was never able to see for himself what they were.
With this campaign, my goal is to get him a pair of prescription Enchroma glasses that will allow him to not only see clearly, but to see in color. He has aspirations to join the United States Air Force and serve our country. He is also very engineer-minded and is planning on continuing his education after high school. I would love for his vision to be as bright as his future! Your help in raising the $625 needed is greatly appreciated! (His glasses with the Rx is priced at $579 plus tax.)
WHAT IS ENCHROMA?
Most people have three types of color-sensing cones in their eyes: red, green, and blue. The wavelengths of light that these three cones absorb have overlapping regions. Color-blindness is often a result of a malfunctioning cone that causes wavelengths to overlap even more, resulting in poor color discrimination. The EnChroma glasses use a filter to cut out these overlapping wavelengths, allowing for a clearer distinction between colors, especially red and green.
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