Meaning of print disability | Babel Free

Definitions

Any disability (such as blindness, dyslexia, etc.) which prevents someone from reading printed text.

Examples

“Embedded graphics also pose significant problems for people with print disabilities. Many publications included graphs, tables, and images. Almost universally, the ebooks that included visual representations of information did not provide any description of the content of these graphics.”

“Students with print disabilities including visual impairments and dyslexia now have free digital access to more than 500,000 academic books at their fingertips, through the Bookshare.ie digital accessible library specifically designed for them.”

“Print disabilities include any condition which negatively affects someone's ability to read traditional print materials. Such conditions include blindness, dyslexia, Parkinson's and cerebral palsy.”

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