[blindkid] blind vs deaf population
Deborah Kent Stein
dkent5817 at att.net
Fri Jun 17 19:05:35 UTC 2011
I have heard that deaf children outnumber blind children by as much as three
to one, but I don't recall where I've actually seen that figure. The
National Center on Low Incidence Disabilities, based in Colorado, may have
the stats you're looking for. Please share whatever you find!
Debbie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Holloway" <rholloway at gopbc.org>
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Subject: [blindkid] blind vs deaf population
> Does anyone have or know the best source to find statistics on the blind
> and deaf population of the US. (World specs would be interesting as well.)
>
> I'm suspecting the NFB has some pretty accurate figured as to the numbers
> of blind vs visually impaired people in at least the US, and probably deaf
> and hard of hearing figures as well. The figures I am finding are not well
> documented and I'd like to have some idea of how accurate these numbers
> are before I use this information as I need to.
>
> Thanks
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