{"alias":"blogEntry","byline":"Alanah Reid, Creative Content Producer","standfirst":"September 6 is Colour Blind Awareness Day. We chatted with Malachi to find out about his experience of colour blindness, the challenges he faces, and why he decided to write his own book.","content":{"layouts":[{"type":"singleColumn","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"","gtmClass":"","image":"/media/up2accv1/colour-blind-awareness-day.jpg","width":1807,"height":1807,"altText":"The words \u0027Colour Blind Awareness Day\u0027 are appearing slanted on white lined paper. On the first three letters of both \u0027Colour\u0027 and \u0027Blind,\u0027 the colours appear how someone with colour blindness would see them. Then, the last letters are how someone without colour blindness would see blue, red, and orange. The words \u0027Awareness Day\u0027 are in black underneath, and there\u0027s a black Fleur-de-Lis in the bottom right corner.","caption":"","link":null},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003EMeet Malachi. He\u2019s a 12-year-old Scout who\u2019s determined to raise awareness about colour blindness.\u00A0\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEarlier this year, he even published his own book to tell people about being colour blind and some of the challenges he faces.\u00A0\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Ch3 class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003EHi, Malachi. We\u0027re so impressed to hear about your book. Why did you decide to write it?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003EI wanted to raise awareness of colour blindness and help people understand what it\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Es like to be colour blind. Hopefully, if more people understand, we can all do more things to help colour blind people feel more included and make activities easier \u2013 just like my Scout volunteers have for me.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003EI also wanted to let other colour blind people know they\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family: \u0027Times New Roman\u0027,serif; mso-ascii-font-family: \u0027Nunito Sans\u0027; mso-hansi-font-family: \u0027Nunito Sans\u0027; color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022 lang=\u0022AR-SA\u0022\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Ere not on their own and remind them they can still join in with lots of things.\u00A0\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003EIn my book, I\u2019ve\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003E included examples of how I see different colours compared to people \u003C/span\u003Ewho aren\u2019t colour blind. It\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family: \u0027Times New Roman\u0027,serif; mso-ascii-font-family: \u0027Nunito Sans\u0027; mso-hansi-font-family: \u0027Nunito Sans\u0027; color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022 lang=\u0022AR-SA\u0022\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Es quite upsetting when people come up to me and ask me to guess what certain colours are. It\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003Es like they\u003Cspan\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Ere testing or making fun of me.\u00A0\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003EI\u003Cspan\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Em hoping my book can answer their questions without them needing to ask me all the time.\u00A0\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"","gtmClass":"","image":"/media/1gppbeg5/malachis-book-about-colour-blindness-and-scout-uniform.jpg","width":3120,"height":4160,"altText":"A Scout shirt is laid out on grass with a red and white necker around the colour. There are lots of badges sewn onto the shirt and the book by 12-year-old Malachi, \u0027Colour Blindness and Me,\u0027 is laying on top of the shirt.","caption":"Malachi wrote his own book, \u0027Colour Blindness and Me,\u0027 to share his experience of being colour blind.","link":null},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Ch3 class=\u0022Body\u0022 style=\u0022margin: 5.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\u0022\u003ECan you tell us about yourself?\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp style=\u0022margin: 5.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\u0022 class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003EI\u003Cspan\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Em \u003Ca style=\u0022mso-comment-reference: CS_1; mso-comment-date: 20230805T2159; mso-comment-done: yes;\u0022\u003E1\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-comment-continuation: 1;\u0022\u003E2\u00A0\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022MsoCommentReference\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: \u0027Times New Roman\u0027,serif; mso-fareast-font-family: \u0027Arial Unicode MS\u0027; color: windowtext; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-style-textoutline-type: none; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: bevel; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\u0022 lang=\u0022EN-US\u0022\u003E\u003C!-- [if !supportAnnotations]--\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Eyears old and I love being in Scouts. I like playing the guitar, learning about sharks, playing football, and going on adventures with my Scout group. I\u0027ve been in Scouts for just over a year now, and I\u2019m an Assistant Patrol Leader for the Pheasants patrol.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003EMy favourite hobby is speedcubing. Speedcubing involves doing twisty puzzles, like a Rubik\u2019s cube, as quickly as possible.\u00A0\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003EIt\u003Cspan\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Es quite tricky because I\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Em colour blind and I sometimes I can\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Et tell the cube colours apart. \u003C/span\u003EBut, I\u2019ve \u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Elearned some techniques to help me, so now I can work towards my speedcubing record.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003EI\u003Cspan\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Em working towards getting my \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\u0022DE\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022/scouts/activity-badges/hobbies/\u0022 title=\u0022Hobbies\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022 lang=\u0022EN-GB\u0022\u003EHobbies badge\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003E by writing down my speed-cubing timings and the techniques I\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003Em using. My fastest time is 17.41 seconds!\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"","gtmClass":"","image":"/media/rfxlaipm/malachi-speedcubing.jpg","width":1776,"height":1080,"altText":"Malachi is holding a coloured cube. On the left shows how someone without colour blindness would see the colours of the cube, and on the right is how someone with colour blindness like Malachi\u0027s would see the cube colours.","caption":"The left photo shows how someone who isn\u2019t colour blind sees the coloured cube. The image on the right is how Malachi sees coloured cubes due to colour blindness.","link":null},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Ch3 class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003EWhat\u0027s your favourite activity in Scouts?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003EMy favourite activity at Scouts is when we do anything outside, such as going on walks and camping.\u00A0\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003EThis year, we did the \u003Ca style=\u0022mso-comment-reference: _1; mso-comment-date: 20230626T1533; mso-comment-done: yes;\u0022\u003EGreat Tommy Sleepout,\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003E\u003C!-- [if !supportAnnotations]--\u003E\u003C!--[endif]--\u003E \u003C/span\u003Ewhich is \u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Ea fundraising challenge to help support lots of veterans who are homeless in the UK.\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003E It was very fun, as we got to camp, go on a hike while carrying our kit, and raise money.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3 class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003EWhich badges have you most enjoyed working towards?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003EI\u2019ve got \u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Equite a few badges so far. My favourite ones are the ones I\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Em doing at the moment, which are \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\u0022DE\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022/scouts/activity-badges/hobbies/\u0022 title=\u0022Hobbies\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022 lang=\u0022EN-GB\u0022\u003EHobbies\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/span\u003E, \u003Cspan lang=\u0022DE\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022/scouts/activity-badges/geocaching/\u0022 title=\u0022Geocaching\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022 lang=\u0022EN-GB\u0022\u003EGeocaching\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/span\u003E and \u003Cspan lang=\u0022DE\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022/scouts/activity-badges/electronics/\u0022 title=\u0022Electronics\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022 lang=\u0022EN-GB\u0022\u003EElectronics\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/span\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003EYou might think it\u003Cspan\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Es strange for me to enjoy working towards the Electronics badge because I\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family: \u0027Times New Roman\u0027,serif; mso-ascii-font-family: \u0027Nunito Sans\u0027; mso-hansi-font-family: \u0027Nunito Sans\u0027; color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022 lang=\u0022AR-SA\u0022\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003Em colour blind. I know I can\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family: \u0027Times New Roman\u0027,serif; mso-ascii-font-family: \u0027Nunito Sans\u0027; mso-hansi-font-family: \u0027Nunito Sans\u0027; color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022 lang=\u0022AR-SA\u0022\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Et be an electrician because of the colours they use on cables and I write about this in my book. But, I do love science and figuring out how things work.\u00A0\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003EOne of our family friends is helping me do the Electronics badge. So far, we\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Eve made circuits and a wire buzzer game together. I\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003Em hoping I\u003Cspan\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Ell get the skills to make a radio with him.\u00A0\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003EFor the electronics badge, I need to work out the resistance of resistors by using the markings on them. I can\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Et do this on my own, because the brown, red and orange wires look the same to me. My mum asked my Scout volunteers for help and we adapted the badge so I can still do the activity. My friend tells me the colours, then I work out the resistance.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003EI also enjoyed sharing the book I wrote with my Scout Leader as part of my \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\u0022DE\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022/scouts/activity-badges/writer/\u0022 title=\u0022Writer\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022 lang=\u0022EN-GB\u0022\u003EWriter badge\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/span\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Ch3 class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003EWhat challenges do you face with being colour blind?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003EWhen colours are used in things, it can sometimes be confusing for me, because I see colours differently. \u003C/span\u003EIn Scouts, it\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family: \u0027Times New Roman\u0027,serif; mso-ascii-font-family: \u0027Nunito Sans\u0027; mso-hansi-font-family: \u0027Nunito Sans\u0027; color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022 lang=\u0022AR-SA\u0022\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Es hard for me to read maps, do activities and games where colours are being used\u003C/span\u003E \u2013 sometimes to\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003E put up tents \u003C/span\u003Ewhich use colour codes for the poles so you know where to put them.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003EBut, my Scout group have been great at adapting everything so I can join in.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003EOne time, we played a game called \u2018Please Mr Crocodile, can I cross \u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Ethe water?\u2019 and when the \u003C/span\u003Eperson playing the \u2018crocodile\u2019 calls out a colour \u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Eyou\u2019re wearing\u003C/span\u003E, you need to get to the other side of the room.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003EAt the time, my volunteers didn\u2019t\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003E know I was colour blind, so I went home a bit upset because \u003C/span\u003EI didn\u2019t know what to do in the game.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003EWhen I told them I was colour blind, they were really helpful and adapted the game for me. We played it again, but instead of using colours, we changed it to other things, like\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003E \u2018if you\u2019re wearing a t-shirt,\u2019 \u2018if you have a brother,\u2019 \u2018if you have long hair,\u2019 and many more. \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003EIt was much more fun when I could join in properly!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"","gtmClass":"","image":"/media/gwwdzyj2/how-people-with-or-without-colour-blindness-see-leaves.jpg","width":1080,"height":1776,"altText":"At the top of the image, there are a group of leaves that are all different colours, showing how people without colour blindness would see them. Underneath, there are the exact same leaves, but they\u0027re not as brightly coloured and show how someone with colour blindness would see the leaves.","caption":"People without colour blindness can see the colours of the leaves in the top image (C), but Malachi sees them like the bottom image (P).","link":null},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Ch3 class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003EWe spoke to Vicki, who volunteers at Malachi\u0027s group\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003EVicki told us how she\u003Cspan\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: #212121; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003Es found adapting their sessions to help Malachi.\u00A0\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u2018\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003EOnce we became aware that Malachi is colour blind, we wanted to find out how to support him and help him to achieve in Scouts,\u2019 Vicki begins.\u00A0\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u2018\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003EMy initial thoughts turned towards map reading activities and how we can help him to take part fully, given that the usual maps wouldn\u2019t be suitable. 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With his commitment and enthusiasm, he has everything he needs to be a King\u2019s Scout one day!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003E\u003C!-- [if !supportAnnotations]--\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Ch3 class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003ETips to make your sessions colour blind inclusive\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003EIt\u2019s surprising how often we refer to and use colour in our everyday lives, including during our Scout meetings and camps.\u00A0\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003EHere are some tips for making your session more inclusive to Scouts who are colour blind, inspired by learnings from Malachi\u2019s volunteers and parents.\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"accordion","gtmId":"","gtmClass":"","showExpand":false,"items":[{"gridType":"accordionItem","gtmId":"","gtmClass":"","body":"\u003Cp class=\u0022Body\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family: \u0027Nunito Sans\u0027; mso-fareast-font-family: \u0027Nunito Sans\u0027; mso-bidi-font-family: \u0027Nunito Sans\u0027; letter-spacing: -.05pt; background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003EIf you use colours, consider whether someone who\u2019s colour blind could be able to differentiate them. Instead of colours, use badges that have a symbol on them and not just a colour.\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-family: \u0027Nunito Sans\u0027; mso-fareast-font-family: \u0027Nunito Sans\u0027; mso-bidi-font-family: \u0027Nunito Sans\u0027; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\u0022\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","label":"Think about Patrol badges and how you \u0027label\u0027 your groups"},{"gridType":"accordionItem","gtmId":"","gtmClass":"","body":"\u003Cp\u003ELikewise, if you use certain bins for certain things, returned forms, or any other colour-coded organisation systems, label those as well.\u00A0\u003C/p\u003E","label":"Label crayons, pens, paper, paints with words or symbols"},{"gridType":"accordionItem","gtmId":"","gtmClass":"","body":"\u003Cp\u003EUse black text on white paper, rather than text on coloured backgrounds.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen you print, use black text on a plain, light background for a high black/white contrast, which is easier to read.\u00A0\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESimilarly, for w\u003Cspan\u003Ehiteboard markers, just use black rather than another colour.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELike whiteboards, if you plan to use PowerPoint presentations, be careful with the use of colour. 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