Re: [IFLA-LPD] SV: Quick question re dyslexia

On 2016-02-24 10:15, Kristina Passad wrote:
> Dear Karen,
>
> MTM serve people with dyslexia and other impairment. In fact, this is
> the largest one of the user groups. MTM has about 45 000 active users
> (that is, they have been active during the past 12 months).
>
> We are actually not allowed to register the actual reason for the
> reading impairment. But we assume that we have 590 users who are
> visually impaired. We assume this because they are registered as
> Braille users. But there might be visually impaired users who are not
> registrered as Braille users because they don´t use Braille.
>
> Best regards
>
> Kristina
>
> Kristina Passad
>
> Section Manager Acquisition
>
> Swedish Agency for Accessible Media
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> FRÅN: Keninger, Karen [mailto:kken@loc.gov]
> SKICKAT: den 23 februari 2016 14:57
> TILL: 'ifla-lpd@infoserv.inist.fr' <ifla-lpd@infoserv.inist.fr>
> ÄMNE: [IFLA-LPD] Quick question re dyslexia
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> 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
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> Washington, D.C. 20542
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> Telephone: +1-202-707-5104
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> Email: kken@loc.gov
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