One week left until Colour Blind Awareness Day 2021
Colour blindness impacts 1 in every 12 males and 1 in every 200 females. Most colour blindness is inherited genetically, meaning colour blind people often become aware of their colour blindness during their younger years. However, it is also common that some people may not realise they are colour blind simply because they do not know that others see colour differently. It is also not uncommon for children to hide their condition.
That is why Colour Blind Awareness Day takes place every year on September 6th. John Dalton was one of the first scientists to study the condition and it is celebrated on his birthday in honour of the strides he made in colour blindness research.
New TACBIS website
The TACBIS website has been built keeping in mind the goal to make sports accessible to people that suffer from Colour Vision Deficiency (CVD). The website is designed to cater to the needs of both the normal-visioned and colour blind people, with knowledge distribution being its main purpose. Visit the new website here.
Drawing competition in schools
For Colour Blind Awareness Day 2021 (6 September) the project consortium has organised a drawing competition for children across Europe called ‘Shining a Light on Colour Blindness’. The aim of this campaign is to highlight the issue of colour blindness from the viewpoint of a child, for whom drawing can be a challenge if the pencils/pens/markers do not have the colours written on them. TACBIS and sponsor will create a Christmas light of their winning design.
What can you do?
- Spread the word. If you are colour blind, proudly share your story and experiences with others. You could end up becoming a role model for a young child who may be struggling to come to terms with his/her colour blindness. Sharing your story on social media or via word of mouth are two great ways to increase awareness of colour blindness and bring the community together. If you are a sports fan, call out clubs who don’t show sports in a way that makes it easy for you to follow the match and reach out to organisations such as CBA to get support and connect with others.
- Promote testing. Have you taken a colour blindness test before? Then you know how simple that is. Encourage friends, family, and social media followers to take a few minutes out of their day to take the test.
- Follow our TACBIS project channels and the hashtags #TACBIS #ColourBlindAwarenessDay on social media.
