- From: Anne Pemberton <apembert@crosslink.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 08:11:03 -0400
- To: "Robert Neff" <rneff@moon.jic.com>
- Cc: "IG" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>, "Joe Roeder" <Jroeder@nib.org>
At 10:05 PM 6/14/1999 -0700, Robert Neff wrote: >I am curious to know what the percentage of people in the world or a country >currently use this method and how many are not included? >What are the demographics and ages? For any population, 3% will be "retarded", that is sufficiently cognitively impaired to have difficulty in life tasks due to their disability. Among school populations, 12-20% are identified with Learning Disabilities. Some of these Learning Disabilities will affect cognition, some will not - they all affect learning ability which is the "life task" of school-aged folks. Cognition differences, impairments, and disabilities are found among the "regular" population and co-exist with other disabilities. What is needed for PWD's must include needs for this population, because these folks *are* PWD's. Anne Anne L. Pemberton http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Pav/Academy1 http://www.erols.com/stevepem/apembert apembert@crosslink.net Enabling Support Foundation http://www.enabling.org
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