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

Part2:Country studies

Denmark

Definitions and their effects

The following definitions are used in clinical contexts:

Visually Impaired Person: Blind less than 6/60

Partially sighted: 6/60 - 6/18

Less formal definitions include:

Print disabled: People who, by medical documentation, can substantiate that they cannot read printed text.

Definitions used in legislation include:

The definition in the Copyright Act 1994 includes blind, visually impaired and “persons who on account of a handicap are unable to read printed text”.

The Library Act 2000 refers to “blind, partially sighted and others whose disability prevents them from reading normal printed text.”

No respondent suggested that these definitions had adverse affects on provision.