RE: Accessibility - Global Stats?

Microsoft commissioned a study on this in 2003 for the US market.  
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/research/phase1.aspx

Specifically 
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/research/workingage.aspx


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Subject: Accessibility - Global Stats?

Good Morning,
Does anyone have data on what percentage of the world-population is blind or visually-impaired to the degree accessibility typically addresses?

Any info is appreciated.

Thank you!

Erich Manser
Hewlett-Packard Company
www.hp.com/accessibility
 
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