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Episode 6: Colourblindness

Season One: Summer 2025

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Hannah and Marie Difolco discuss the barriers and supports that can impact upon children and young people who experience colour blindness (colour vision deficiency) in school; and imagine a future where every pupil gets to succeed...

About Marie...

Marie Difolco works as an Operations Manager for an Engineering consultancy and voluntarily for the Colour Blind Awareness organisation. She is a driver behind the #1InEveryClassroom campaign. Marie is mother to a severely colour blind boy whose condition went undetected for longer than necessary. She delivers workshops and speaks publicly to raise awareness.

Marie provides training and workshops for both the education and businesses sectors on Supporting Colour Blindness and The importance of Accessible Colour. Please contact her for further details via LinkedIn or her Author Facebook page.

You can also find her moderating 3 Facebook Groups about Colour Blindness:

  1. Colour Blind Chat Group (U.K.)

  2. Supporting the Colour Blind Child (U.K.)

  3. Colour Blindness / Colour Vision Deficiency Awareness (U.S.A.)

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