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[beetiger]

This is a long shot, but do any of you have direct experience with yellow-blue color blindness? We think Rhys might have it, and I'm trying to get a handle on what things might look like from his perspective, and what might be helpful or unhelpful ways to talk to him about it when he misassigns them all the time.

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[kibbles.livejournal.com]

I wish I dated when I had the same problem with Finbar, asked my friend's list about it. I think it was blue/green but might have been blue/yellow. Red wasnt involved, I remember that much.

Turns out it wasnt the case, but he really had us going for a while. Maybe 2 years ago? Three? Before we moved and before he went to school so he had to be 2 or 3 years old.

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

That's interesting. So he had initial trouble distinguishig them, but then he settled it out?

Rhys is a smart, smart kid; part of the time I wonder if he noticed that I started having a reaction to him calling yellow things blue, and he's teasing me or something.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Yes, he even had a name for blue or green. Breem.

*holds up blue thing* "What color is this?" "Breem"

*holds up green thing* what color is this? Breem. (So i guess it was blue and green now that i remember)

I was VERY concerned, but by time his next checkup rolled round, he stopped.

Is he calling blue things yellow, too?