print disability

English

Noun

print disability (plural print disabilities)

1. Any disability (such as blindness, dyslexia, etc.) which prevents someone from reading printed text.
   • 2014 November 14, Paul Harpur, Nicolas Suz, “The paradigm shift in realising the right to read: how ebook libraries are enabling in the university sector”, in Disability & Society, volume 29, number 10, Taylor & Francis, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1666:

     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.

   • 2020 September 11, “Access to 500,000 academic books for students with print disabilities”, in Irish Independent‎^[1], Dublin: Mediahuis Ireland, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 July 2023:

     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.

   • 2021 March 5, Richard Raycraft, “Advocates urge Liberals to cancel 'devastating' cut to services for Canadians with print reading disabilities”, in CBC News‎^[2], archived from the original on 2023-06-05:

     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.

Related terms

• print-disabled

 

Further reading

• Print disability on Wikipedia.Wikipedia