About Me
My name's Adam and I live in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, in the United Kingdom. I'm 15 years old and it's my birthday today. I've been looking at these glasses for some time now, but have never had the money to afford a pair. I go to school and am undergoing my GCSE exams.
My Experiences
I'd almost completely forgotten about these glasses until I was sitting one of my Science exams - Biology I think. I had memorised all the colour changes of the reactions before the exam so that I would be equipped for the exam in all its capacity. Unfortunately, I turned one of the pages and the next question relied solely on seeing the colour of the reactions on the page - something that I was unable to do. Don't worry - I managed to answer the question fine because of what I had remembered in preparation. But it was harder for me than it had to be - all because of my unfortunate affliction.
This is only the most recent event where not seeing colours has affected me - but I can assure you there are hundreds, if not thousands of other examples like this in my day to day life (if not less extreme).
Colour blindness And My Life
For all of my life, I have experienced unfortunate circumstances with colours, like the one mentioned above. Ever since I was a little boy (about four years old), I've known about this thing that I was taught I had to live with.
At about the age of 13, I saw a video that my friend showed me of someone's reaction to having these glasses and to see the colour purple for the very first time. Ever since that day, I've been fixated by these magical glasses, with some very complex and, let's not lie, not entirely understandable engineering. But only one thing matters - they work.
My Family And Colour blindness
My Grandad had to go his whole life without seeing colours. My Mum, being a woman, didn't have to experience this, and neither has my brother; but I, drawing the short straw, have to deal with colour blindness in my everyday life and in situations where life would be a whole lot easier if I could just see that thing that I need to see.
Why I Need Your Help
Being a student (and a young one at that), my income is currently nil. Though I currently volunteer, helping with children, I earn no money through doing so. I have, however, managed to save up some money from doing chores and from birthdays and Christmases, but nowhere near enough to buy EnChroma glasses - especially with the added shipping and handling fees of getting delivered to the UK.
My family can't really help either. I wouldn't call us poor - not by any means. But we earn what we need, and we don't have that excess amount of money needed to spend on glasses that I can, unfortunately, do without.
What You Can Do
I need your help to do this - without it, I could go my whole life without seeing colours properly. If you can donate anything - from $1 to $100 - I'm grateful to everybody who decides to donate to me and decides to help me see the world how it should be seen.
If you don't have the money to donate or if you've already donated, you can still help! Share my campaign with your friends, family, loved ones, or just any old person you bump in to and I will be so grateful. If any of them can donate, then you will have done me a favour by referring them.
Your Donations
If any of you are kind enough to donate to me, your money will go towards the glasses - a means for me to see the world as it should be seen, as it's meant to be seen. I need $349 for the Gilman glasses, and possibly a bit more to handle the shipping (depending on how much it comes to).
Finishing Thoughts
I don't really know what to say, or how to finish this. So I'll just say thank you. Thank you to everyone who donates, thank you to everyone who tells their friends, and thank you - thank you for caring.
