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Originally Posted by Sparrow
There is a campaign in the UK by dyslexic groups to differentiate between visual impairment and reading impairment.
"The Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002 created a legal anomaly. The Act gave visually impaired people rights to have copyright texts converted so that they can read them, without needing to get permission from the publisher. Dyslexic people, however, although equally covered by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (D.D.A.), were not included in the 2002 Act. So you could scan a book to make an electronic version for a blind person without permission, but not for a dyslexic one. People making alternative formats for dyslexic people were breaking the law." |
Thanks! This is great to know about -- my son has a visual reading difficulty (but has excellent vision) and uses various aids to help him read. Reading on my 505 is so much easier for him. I am off to find out more about the legislation.