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VOLUME 119
WEEK OF JANUARY 6, 2022
A little help seeing colors WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 , 2020
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T H E S E A S O N F O R S H A R I N G Anythink showcasing glasses
that help colorblind see shades
BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Ryan Oakes was born colorblind but it wasn’t until first grade when his mother discovered it. “My mom was watching me color the tree trunks green and the leaves brown. She said, let’s get you tested,” said Oakes. He’s in good company. One in 12 men and one in 200 women are colorblind totaling about 13 million in the United States, 30 million in Europe, and 350 million worldwide. EnChroma, a company that manufactures glasses that let the colorblind see colors, surveyed approximately 1,000 colorblind people and parents of colorblind children shared experiences on how their colorblindness - technically called Color Vision Deficiency - has impacted their education. “The evidence is overwhelming Ryan Oakes wearing the indoor EnChroma glasses viewing the Anythink Wright Farms Library art exhibit for people with colorthat colorblindness creates learning PHOTO BY BELEN WARD blindness to view and experience colors. challenges for color-blind students. Parents, educators, and politicians the world is, it’s emotional.” must become more aware of the It’s part of EnChroma’s Color prevalence of color vision deficiency Accessibility Program that helps its impact, and take action,” said Erik schools, state parks, libraries, museRitchie, CEO of EnChroma. ums, public venues and other organizations purchase and loan EnChroma Oakes tried a pair of Enchroma glasses to colorblind students to help glasses two years ago, it was an emowith homework and visitors to see tional change. colorful exhibits, and attractions. “When driving along the road flowers would just blend,” he said. “With Seeing art these glasses, I could see the red and In 2019, the Denver’s Museum of the green flowers, and also all the fall Contemporary Art became part of colors when traveling. The indoor the EnChroma Color Accessibility contrast is different. It’s cool,” said program, lending EnChroma glasses Oakes. to visitors with colorblindness to Anythink Library Wright Farms experience the colors of art. is hosting a program featuring the Anythink Wright Farms was inglasses this month, allowing colorspired by this program, according to blind members to borrow a pair and Stacie Ledden, Anythink director of perhaps see color for the first time. One of the displays at Anythink Library at Wright Farms shows how Anythink’s strategic partnerships. They began They’ve also posted photos and art bright orange mascot looks standing on green lawn with a red bicycle for normally loaning the glasses to members in in the library, with two versions of COURTESY PHOTO sighted individuals, left, and those with color blindness. December, offering an EnChroma kit each piece. One appears the way a that includes the glasses and a book normally-sighted person would see helping 17,845 men and 1,093 women “The library is responding to comwith colorful illustrations. The kits them. The other has been edited to in Adams County to see many colors munity needs by offering EnChroma can be checked out for up to three show how a colorblind person would for the first time.” glasses to Anythink Wright Farms weeks, allowing color-blind visitors see them. Every year before Thanksgiving, First United Methodist Church in Fort Lupton customers,” and the FortLedden Luptonsaid. Food and Clothing Bank provide community “The to experience their homes and com“I was excited when I heard the members foodthe boxes. Thissowill be munity the program’s Joe Hubert, China Garcia Sue Hubert with Change 4 Change, red…and green glasses offer a newleft perspective on theand Seeing in color.10th consecutive year. Above, library waswith offering glasses world. By making glasses available is also limited my wife got me these. When you’re People with normal color vision see another organization that helps with theAnythink food drive. See offering more onaPage 2. for checkout to customers experiencconfronted with something normal to number of MCA passes to its customSEE COLORS, P3 ing CVD, we have the potential of ers that check out the kits. you, and then you see change on how
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