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Here it is at last, our new #ColourBlindAwarenessDay 2019 video. #1ineveryclassroom #1in12boys #1in200girls #parents #teachers #coaches Please watch, enjoy and share Longer version on our website colourblindawareness.org/about-us/colou…

Great article by @hughgodwin_ on the farcical @SixNationsRugby #FRAvENG clash but the upside is it highlighted to non colour blinds why the colour blindness regs are so important inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-un… @IamAustinHealey #2to3inEveryMaleSquad #1in12men

@qikipedia What a shit game if you're colour blind like 1 in 8 males ans 1 in 12 females. @colourblindorg #1in8

19 years ago, a high school basketball coach put his team manager into a game for the final four minutes. The kid had never played a single minute of competitive basketball in his life. He scored 20 points. Jason McElwain was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. He didn’t speak until he was five. He couldn’t chew solid food until he was six. He wore a nappy for most of his early childhood. As a baby, he was rigid, wouldn’t make eye contact, and hid in corners away from other children. He tried out for his school basketball team every year and got cut every time. Too small. Too slight. Barely 5’6 and about 54 kilograms. But he loved the game so much that his mum called the school and asked if there was any way he could be involved. The coach created a team manager role for him. For three years, McElwain showed up to every practice and every game. He wore a shirt and tie on match days. He ran drills, handed out water, kept stats, and cheered every basket like he’d scored it himself. On 15 February 2006, the last home game of his final school year, the coach let him suit up in a proper jersey and sit on the bench. With four minutes left and a comfortable lead, the coach sent him in. His first shot missed. His second missed. Then something shifted. He hit a three-pointer. Then another. Then another. His teammates stopped shooting entirely and just kept passing him the ball. He hit six three-pointers and a two-pointer. 20 points in four minutes. The highest scorer in the game. When the final buzzer went, the entire crowd rushed the court and lifted him onto their shoulders. His mum tapped the coach on the shoulder, in tears. “This is the nicest gift you could have ever given my son.” McElwain won the ESPY Award for Best Moment in Sports that year, beating out some of the biggest names in professional sport. He’s 36 now. He works at a local supermarket, coaches basketball, has run 17 marathons including five Boston Marathons, and travels the country speaking about never giving up. When asked about that night, his coach still gets emotional. “For him to come in and seize the moment like he did was certainly more than I ever expected. I was an emotional wreck.”

Watching the West Ham v Man City game last night ruined by Man City unnecessarily changing from sky blue to black, against a team in dark red. FA guidance is clear but mostly ignored yet again. 1/12 men & 1/200 women with CVD apparently unimportant. @colourblindorg

🇫🇷 France v 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, ultimate kit clash. #SixNations 🏉

@JimSanderson19 Not convinced sadly

@colourblindorg Hopefully it’s that bad that it will put a spotlight on kit clashes going forward

Which dick picked the jerseys in the France v England game, it’s almost unwatchable. @colourblindorg

@colourblindorg sat in bar WOW!! Waste of time!!!!

As nice as the French kit is...please make one of the teams swap kits at half time! As a colourblind person, it's ruining what is supposed to be a brilliant game of rugby! #GuinnessSixNations #GuinnessM6N @colourblindorg #colourblind

@sidneyref @ITVSport @WorldRugby @SixNationsRugby This is what happens when organisations don’t bother to actually listen to the advice but just assume because they read the bullet points they think know what they are talking about.

Guess we spoke too soon @colourblindorg on the rugby kits 🤷🏼‍♂️ Even the @ITVSport commentators struggling with France in light blue! Seriously @WorldRugby @SixNationsRugby #FRAENG

France v England in the @SixNationsRugby is virtually unwatchable for colour blind folk. But, hey, at least the France shirt has sold out! @colourblindorg

@IamAustinHealey It’s not like they don’t have access to the right advice to avoid this

How have they let france wear light blue

I am colour blind but on the wide shots on telly Oviedo and Espanyol’s kits are not different enough

@NickyAACampbell @RDBCroft10 Hang on, what about that one hour show you did on @5Live on this very topic? 🤔

@RDBCroft10 Agree

Why is it ok for Wales to play in white against Ireland tonight ….? There’s absolutely no reason for it! Wales should be in red unless an obvious clash. #6Nations2026

@sidneyref @wru @IRFU @WorldRugby Couldn’t have done it without you!

Credit where it’s due to @wru @IRFU and @WorldRugby Thanks from the colourblind for the shirt colours tonight 👏👏 Well done @colourblindorg for persevering 😂 #IREWAL

Just come across #celebritypuzzling how in 2026 are they not taking #colourblindness into consideration. Hubby (and so many others) have no chance with this 🙄 @channel5_tv #colourblind @colourblindorg

@Big_Al_1963 @dragonsrfc @davidjusteat Needs a proper assessment but more crucially those designing need to understand what the problems are and why then they can understand how to avoid in future

@dragonsrfc @colourblindorg @davidjusteat You could probably use these colours but include a parallel way of depicting the availability....like a full white cross through the unavailable areas and half a cross through the nearly full. Also just get rid of the green pitch.

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@dragonsrfc @davidjusteat @rodneyparade @BenettonRugby @URCOfficial @WorldRugby Happy to advise if reqd via colourblindawareness.consulting but altho there might be simple fixes for ticketing, if @dragonsrfc not currently on top of this topic across the org someone your end needs to pick it up then let us know what help you need after reading the guidance. Thx

@colourblindorg @davidjusteat @rodneyparade @BenettonRugby @URCOfficial @WorldRugby Fancy a DM to discuss options - be great to hear your feedback and suggestions 👍

@davidjusteat They’ve got something to learn on accessibility even if their motivation=excellent. Tickets for all should be accessible for all from the outset of purchasing experience. DYK if your stadium is up to scratch? SGSA Green Guide covers colour blindness safety & security in detail.

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