Colorblindness in the Working World
02-19-2013 at 07:06 PM
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Colorblindness in the Working World
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So I along with the other 1% of the male population have deuteranopia, a type of colorblindness that (from my experience) makes it hard for me to differentiate dark green/red and light green/red colors. I was wondering, because of this genetic trait, am I limited to any jobs, like a pilot or optometrist or anything else that I want to do after undergrad.
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02-19-2013 at 09:04 PM
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Have you not seen Gattaca?
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02-19-2013 at 09:26 PM
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Try a google search. I did that just now and there's a ton of links, each one listing a few jobs, some keep coming up (ie pilot) and others are different between the different links.
Beyond that, if there's a specific job you want to do, you should look into those requirements. I suspect most of the time it's not really clear-cut which jobs you "can" and "can't" do.
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02-19-2013 at 10:25 PM
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Unless you want to be a Mall Santa, Power Ranger, or Mario Brother, you're probably in the clear.
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The fast food industry is a popular destination for post undergrads. Your impairment may not allow you to differentiate fresh lettuce and tomato from those slightly decaying.
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02-20-2013 at 01:01 AM
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02-20-2013 at 01:23 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kaitotst
Hey guys,
So I along with the other 1% of the male population have deuteranopia, a type of colorblindness that (from my experience) makes it hard for me to differentiate dark green/red and light green/red colors. I was wondering, because of this genetic trait, am I limited to any jobs, like a pilot or optometrist or anything else that I want to do after undergrad.
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I have a couple colourblind classmates. They do have to memorize the colourblind test plates for obvious reasons, other than that they don't have any other problems.
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02-20-2013 at 09:43 AM
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I know a few classmates, coworkers and friends who deal with varying degrees of this condition.. doesn't seem to affect them that bad. In fact my former boss has colour blindness and he gets on well.. drives every single day, and so forth.
Basically you have nothing to worry about unless: you make art, have to operate a lighting console, get relish on a red shirt (or ketchup on a green one), have to monitor a security camera overlooking a grassy area (and a criminal wears all red to take advantage of you), or are responsible for distributing specific colours of skittles to small children for some reason.
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