Making Fields And Facilities More Welcoming For Colorblind Athletes
Sometimes, not everything is black and white. There are plenty of shades of gray between.
And in sports, that can cause a problem. Colorblindness (also known as color vision deficiency and CVD) among youth athletes is not uncommon; in fact, according to UK-based organization Colour Blind Awareness (CBA), approximately one in 12 males and one in 200 females are colorblind. In the U.S., 13 million people have the condition.
Let that sink in for a minute: nearly 10 percent of all men have colorblindness. That means on each boys’ (or men’s) sports team that plays in a park, odds are at least one person is colorblind.