Re: [IFLA-LPD] Quick question re dyslexia

Apologies, in my previous mail I forgot to mention that I work in the Croatian library for the blind.

Jelena Lesaja

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Jelena Lesaja <jlesaja@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Karen,

around 85 percent of people we serve are blind and visually impaired, 10 percent are persons with dyslexia and 5 percent are people with other disabilities including cerebral paralysis.  When you isolate the number of users with dyslexia, you can say that in last three years it has climbed for 66 percent.

Best,

Jelena

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Keninger, Karen <kken@loc.gov> wrote:

Dear colleagues,

 

I have a quick question for you.

 

Are you serving people with perceptual disabilities such as dyslexia?

 

If so, what percentage of the people you serve have perceptual disabilities such as dyslexia, and what percentage are blind, visually impaired or physically disabled?

 

Thanks in advance for your responses.

 

 

 

Karen Keninger, Director

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

Library of Congress

1291 Taylor Street NW

Washington, D.C. 20542

Telephone: +1-202-707-5104

Email: kken@loc.gov

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