“Born colorblind, William lived his whole life in black and white. For his 66th birthday, his family decided to pitch in together to buy Enchroma glasses that have color correcting lenses that help the colorblind see color. This video is his expression to opening his gift and witnessing color for the first time.”
Skip to 2:15 to begin watching.
Those glasses must be expensive if they hadn’t bought them yet.
He’s really gonna appreciate the Wizard of Oz!
Enchroma glasses: $349 Being able to see color for the first time at 66: Priceless!
I’m trying to imagine what that must be like for him. It must be astounding.
I cried
There is so much we take for granted in our lives….we don’t always think about what others don’t have.
I am humble…
Dang November allergies….
The articles that have been published just in the last week about remarkable advancements in medical science is just amazing.
And now some lefty is going to call him rayciss!
Sorry- couldn’t help it. 😀
Isn’t that great?! He was like a little kid!
Have they invented glasses that will allow you to see through tears? Asking for a friend.
I can see “color” through sunglasses for 350 bucks? I’ll pass. I like living in a 1950’s movie.
@.45-70 I teared up, too. I have worn glasses since the third grade and am basically legally blind without them. This reminds me of how good God has been to me. Yes. I feel very humbled.
It was easy to buy him crayons when he was a kid………(sorry for that comment, a little bit)…
I’ve never heard of these glasses and went looking at other videos. Still not interested…. but in every video….. they all ask the same question…. “what color is that?”
We don’t know what color it is because we’re colorblind. You actually have to tell us what color is which….. we’ve never seen them before. LOL!
Also…. there’s different kinds of colorblindness. How do you get the right glasses?
Maybe I’m more interested than i say i am.
@ Chiggerbug – I’ve had to wear glasses since 1st grade (horrible astigmatism). I’d give my left (fill in the blank) to be able to see clearly. I truly feel for this man.
What got to me was his reaction. It seems like he wanted to scream and jump up and down for joy, but being a stoic man, it just came out in subtle ways. His first comment about trees made my eyes start leaking. God bless his family for doing this for him.
Oh Claudia, what a find this is! My eyes were leaking too. There are a lot of bad things that happen out there, but there’s really beautiful acts of love too. Yes, bless his family indeed, and bless William for the joy his reaction brought into MY life.
I can’t say it any better than .45-70 did. I cried, too.
Aaron, I would be happy to chip in a few bucks for the glasses if you need help to get them. Maybe we could do a iotwreportfundme.
Sometimes, you don’t need to win a lottery to change a life.
Holy shiznizzle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPYjoMBruHU
That bucket is yellow.
Thank you Rotty, but no thank you. I can afford them. The issue is more…. I dunno’. I’ve lived this way my whole life. I’m fine. I don’t need fixing.
Although red looks pretty cool for a color.
Claudia, that tore my heart. First time I have seen true joy. Great kids.
I remember getting glasses in 1st grade. I was so nearsighted, when the teacher asked me to read what was on the board I burst into tears…to me, there wasn’t anything there. They finally figured it out and I remember reading every traffic sign out loud on the way home with my new glasses. I had thought everyone saw like I did, which looked like a chappy impressionist painting.
He was so cute: just like a little kid. God bless him and his family.
O.K. here’s the deal. This just seemed too good to be true. Aaaaaand it is. Sort of.
See, if you’re totally colorblind, these glasses don’t work. They do work for the most common kinds of colorblindness. You get tested. So I don’t know why the people in the video are acting all surprised like they don’t know what’s going on.
Next, the polarized clear glasses are for night driving. So I got those.
Now for the actual review of the enchroma glasses.
People get all emotional not because they’re spazzes, they get all weepy because its information overload. Yeah, it took my breath away for a second…. but then it just became too much to process. Too many subtle colors. Like…. all over the place. Literally.
I’m still thinking about the experience so I can’t be a total smartass about it but I do have one major complaint and several minor ones.
1. Pink. Hate it. Too many variations of it.
2. Red. Like it…. also has waaay too many variations.
3. Blue jeans aren’t actually blue.
4. Redheads have orange hair.
The rest I have to think about but I will say this, the glasses improve sharpness and contrast like a mofo.
I didn’t get the glasses…. but I might. Just seems a little overkill to go around looking like roy orbison just to make sure I’m not wearing a pink tshirt.
But they would be handy as hell if you go outdoors into nature and stuff.
Oh, P.S. the hell is the deal with Navy blue. It still looks black, but a different kind of black.