Comments on: Stop Asking! – Top 5 Questions You Should Never Ask Your Colorblind Buddy http://www.colblindor.com/2007/05/07/stop-asking-top-5-questions-you-should-never-ask-your-colorblind-buddy/ Color Blindness viewed through Colorblind Eyes Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:21:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John http://www.colblindor.com/2007/05/07/stop-asking-top-5-questions-you-should-never-ask-your-colorblind-buddy/comment-page-2/#comment-34239 John Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:15:19 +0000 http://www.colblindor.com/2007/05/07/stop-asking-top-5-questions-you-should-never-ask-your-colorblind-buddy/#comment-34239 Traffics lights: the green one is white, the yellow one is yellow and the red one is off! That's the way I see them. Traffics lights:

the green one is white,
the yellow one is yellow and
the red one is off!

That’s the way I see them.

]]> By: Sveta http://www.colblindor.com/2007/05/07/stop-asking-top-5-questions-you-should-never-ask-your-colorblind-buddy/comment-page-2/#comment-32259 Sveta Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:24:24 +0000 http://www.colblindor.com/2007/05/07/stop-asking-top-5-questions-you-should-never-ask-your-colorblind-buddy/#comment-32259 I liked your post. As a deaf individual and an advocate for web accessibility, I understand how questions like those upset people with disabilities. My biggest pet peeve about my hearing loss is when people ask me if I can lipread after I hand them a paper and pen and ask them to write down what they want to say to me. I had the question about driving a car asked to me sometimes, too, by those concerned that I cannot hear the signals. Your posting gave me an idea to write "5 (or whatever number) top questions you should never ask your deaf/hard of hearing buddy" :0) I liked your post. As a deaf individual and an advocate for web accessibility, I understand how questions like those upset people with disabilities.

My biggest pet peeve about my hearing loss is when people ask me if I can lipread after I hand them a paper and pen and ask them to write down what they want to say to me.

I had the question about driving a car asked to me sometimes, too, by those concerned that I cannot hear the signals.

Your posting gave me an idea to write “5 (or whatever number) top questions you should never ask your deaf/hard of hearing buddy” :0)

]]> By: Curtis Croulet http://www.colblindor.com/2007/05/07/stop-asking-top-5-questions-you-should-never-ask-your-colorblind-buddy/comment-page-2/#comment-31229 Curtis Croulet Mon, 11 May 2009 16:58:50 +0000 http://www.colblindor.com/2007/05/07/stop-asking-top-5-questions-you-should-never-ask-your-colorblind-buddy/#comment-31229 Choosing clothes (usually business shirts and ties): Notwithstanding being colorblind, I like colored shirts, but I usually choose blue shirts or white shirts with blue stripes. If there's any doubt, I don't buy it. If I suspect that a shirt is pastel pink or green, I won't buy it. Those colors are very hard to identify with certainty. Many years ago I wore what I thought was a white shirt with a blue tie, and a female coworker asked why I thought pink and blue was a good combination. I discarded the shirt, which had been a gift from (I think) my mother-in-law. Choosing clothes (usually business shirts and ties): Notwithstanding being colorblind, I like colored shirts, but I usually choose blue shirts or white shirts with blue stripes. If there’s any doubt, I don’t buy it. If I suspect that a shirt is pastel pink or green, I won’t buy it. Those colors are very hard to identify with certainty. Many years ago I wore what I thought was a white shirt with a blue tie, and a female coworker asked why I thought pink and blue was a good combination. I discarded the shirt, which had been a gift from (I think) my mother-in-law.

]]> By: John Thomas http://www.colblindor.com/2007/05/07/stop-asking-top-5-questions-you-should-never-ask-your-colorblind-buddy/comment-page-1/#comment-29262 John Thomas Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:03:23 +0000 http://www.colblindor.com/2007/05/07/stop-asking-top-5-questions-you-should-never-ask-your-colorblind-buddy/#comment-29262 Ha! I have had pretty much every person ask me "What colors can you see?" And "What color is that car?" My older sisters would constantly ask me why one of my socks was pink while we were in school. One time we were walking with one of their friends and the friend was like, "His sock(s) is not pink." And then get a horrified look on her face when they told her what they were doing. Yeah. It sucks. Apparently worse for some as opposed to others. And "green" traffic lights look white. I have seen a couple of actual green ones and hit the brakes immediately, despite the placement. Ha! I have had pretty much every person ask me “What colors can you see?” And “What color is that car?” My older sisters would constantly ask me why one of my socks was pink while we were in school. One time we were walking with one of their friends and the friend was like, “His sock(s) is not pink.” And then get a horrified look on her face when they told her what they were doing. Yeah. It sucks. Apparently worse for some as opposed to others. And “green” traffic lights look white. I have seen a couple of actual green ones and hit the brakes immediately, despite the placement.

]]> By: Mark Fulton http://www.colblindor.com/2007/05/07/stop-asking-top-5-questions-you-should-never-ask-your-colorblind-buddy/comment-page-1/#comment-28124 Mark Fulton Sun, 13 May 2007 13:04:37 +0000 http://www.colblindor.com/2007/05/07/stop-asking-top-5-questions-you-should-never-ask-your-colorblind-buddy/#comment-28124 Thank you for the info, my cousin and grand father are both colorblind. Thank you for the info, my cousin and grand father are both colorblind.

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