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Colorblindness: The Childhood Disorder You Might Overlook

August 24, 2014 Sarah Smiley
Colorblindness in Childhood

My husband and I speculated it was a behavior problem. Does he have ADHD?, we wondered. It seemed that Lindell could never sit still long enough to learn letters, numbers or colors. And the teachers at school commented on his reluctance to follow some instructions — ones like, “Go to the green table, Lindell.”

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In Motherhood, Life Tags colorblind, childhood, health

Syndicated newspaper columnist Sarah Smiley is the author of Dinner With the Smileys (Hyperion, 2013) and Got Here as Soon as I Could (DownEast, 2016). Described as an "Erma Bombeck" by Publishers Weekly, Sarah is best known for her sometimes funny, always endearing tales of raising three boys. She and her family live in Maine. 

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