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Funding and governance of library and information services for visually impaired people: international case studies

Part2:Country studies

Croatia

Definitions and their effects

The Croatian Library for the Blind defines “visual impairment” as follows: “Persons not able to read print and persons not able to write”.

For visual impairment, the Croatian Library for the Blind would suggest the definition: “Persons with insufficient ability to read print”.

The Croatian Library for the Blind defines “print impairment” as follows: “Persons not able to write”.

The definitions in use underestimate how many Visually Impaired People there are in Croatia, according to the Croatian Library for the Blind.