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

Part3:Appendices

Section A -National Context

Factual information and trends

What is the difference between the standards libraries use when deciding if someone is a visually-impaired reader, and the standards that your government uses to determine the number of visuallyimpaired people?

What impact does any difference have on estimates of the number of people classified as visually impaired?

Is the geographical distribution of Visually Impaired People different from that of the population generally?

Is there any accepted information about the numbers/percentage of visually impaired readers in your country?

If so how many are they?

Is there any accepted information about the numbers/percentage of print impaired readers in your country?

If so how many are they?