Showing posts with label Color blind. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Color blind. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

I have a disability




I remember being a kid in my elementary school and having other kids point out the fact that my clothes did not match. I really didn't care too much about how i dressed so it wasn't that big of a deal. It was around this time that I was sent to the nurse to take a color blind test. I failed pretty badly.

I guess i can blame my mom for being color blind. I remember learning about it in science class when i was in high school. I think it is a sex-linked trait. I am pretty sure the reason that an over whelming majority of people who are color blind are men is because the trait for color blindness is carried on the X chromosome. There must be an evolutionary reason why only men become color blind. It probably makes us incredibly manly. It probably had to do with men being dragged to malls and home decorating stores. Perhaps we evolved to become really poor at shopping so that we would not have to go.

Anyways, at least now i have an excuse when my clothing does not match. Actually, I have been pretty fortunate that people have helped me pick out my clothing. I can't stand shopping anyways, so it worked out pretty well.