Does being "color-blind" affect children?(Child Development)(Brief Article)

Publication: Child Health Alert

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Color blindness is a common condition in which people cannot distinguish between certain colors (the most common form is red-green color blindness). This condition is inherited, present at birth, and there is no known way to correct it, in some countries, such as the United Kingdom, children are screened for color blindness so that those who have it can be advised about future work-related problems they could encounter. This advice is based on the belief that people who are color blind have...

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