QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS

EBU Questionnaire Survey on the situation of blind and partially sighted people
across the 27 EU Member States

September 2007

 


1/ Benefits


1.1. Does your country have any form of benefits system/ allowance for blind or partially sighted people?

Yes Answer 96% End answer
No Answer 4% End answer
 




1.2. If yes, is this allowance sufficient or does it need to be increased ?

Sufficient Answer 15% End answer
Needs to be increased Answer 85% End answer
 

Answer Romania Answer Sweden Answer  France  Answer Estonia End answer
 


2/ Transport / Mobility

 
2.1. Does your country provide blind and partially sighted people with any form of assistance for access to public transportation?

Yes Answer 85% End answer
No Answer 15% End answer
 

Answer Romania  Answer France  End answer

2.2. If yes, in what form?

Answer Romania Answer France Answer  Czech Republic  Answer Slovenia End answer
 

2.2.1. Facilities allowing a better accessibility of public transport for blind and partially sighted people:

Yes Answer 81% End answer
No Answer 19% End answer
 

Answer Netherland Answer Denmark Answer France  End answer

2.2.2. Financial aid:

Yes Answer 84% End answer
No Answer 12% End answer
Don’t know. Answer 4% End answer


2.2.3. If yes, is this assistance available :

Free of charge Answer 50% End answer
At reduced cost Answer 29% End answer
Other Answer 17% End answer
Don’t know. Answer 4% End answer

Answer Germany Answer Cyprus Answer Netherland Answer Slovakia Answer Bulgaria  Answer Romania Answer  Ireland Answer Estonia AnswerGreece AnswerSlovenia End answer 

 


2.3. Are there any measures facilitating the mobility of blind of partially sighted people?

Yes Answer 96% End answer
No Answer 4% End answer
 

 2.3.1 If yes, are they:

Financing of guide dogs. Answer 25% End answer
Tactile paving.  Answer 25% End answer
Provision of auditory means of communication. Answer 15% End answer
Provision of auditory signals at crosswalks.  Answer 30% End answer
Other Answer 5% End answer
 

Answer Netherland Answer Slovakia Answer Bulgaria  Answer Romania Answer Estonia Answer Portugal End answer
 


2.4. Concerning accessibility / transport in general, what suggestions for improvement do you have?
Answer UK Answer Germany Answer Malta Answer Netherland Answer Slovakia Answer Bulgaria  Answer Romania Answer Denmark Answer Ireland Answer Sweden Answer Lithuania Answer Estonia Answer Poland Answer France Answer Italy Answer Spain Answer Portugal Answer Iceland Answer Czech Republic Answer Greece  Answer Belgium  Answer Luxembourg Answer Slovenia End answer 
 


3/ Employment


3.1. Are private companies under any obligation to recruit a certain number of disabled people?

Yes Answer 48% End answer
No Answer 52% End answer
 

 Answer Romania  End answer

3.2. Are some jobs reserved in priority for:

3.2.1. Disabled people?

Yes Answer 20% End answer
No Answer 80% End answer
 


3.2.2. Blind or partially sighted people?

Yes Answer 24% End answer
No Answer 76% End answer
 

Answer Spain End answer


3.3. Are there any targeted wage subsidies or bonus for employers who recruit blind and partially sighted people?

Bonus Answer 9 End answer
Targeted wage subsidies Answer 13 End answer
Other Answer 12 End answer
 

Answer UK Answer Germany  Answer Slovakia Answer Bulgaria Answer Denmark Answer Ireland Answer Estonia Answer Austria  Answer France Answer Italy Answer Spain Answer Portugal Answer Belgium  Answer Slovenia  End answer  
 


3.4. Does your country have sheltered workshops or any other kind of structure employing only blind and partially sighted people?

Yes Answer 76% End answer
No Answer 24% End answer
 

Answer Romania  End answer


3.5. Are there any other incentives in your country to facilitate blind and partially sighted people’s employment?

Yes Answer 44% End answer
No Answer 39% End answer
Don’t know. Answer 17% End answer

 Answer UK Answer Cyprus Answer Slovakia Answer Bulgaria Answer Denmark Answer Swedden Answer Austria Answer Spain  Answer Portugal  End answer

 


3.6. What is the situation with regard to the employment of blind and partially sighted women:

Discrimination in wages Answer 12% End answer
Discrimination in recruitment Answer 4% End answer
Under-employment Answer 56% End answer
Don’t know. Answer 28% End answer

Answer Slovakia Answer Bulgaria Answer Denmark  Answer Estonia  End answer


3.7. Concerning employment in general, what kind of suggestion for improvement do you have?
Answer UK Answer Germany Answer Malta Answer Slovakia Answer Bulgaria Answer Denmark Answer Ireland Answer Lithuania Answer Estonia Answer Romania Answer Poland Answer Austria Answer Italy Answer Spain Answer Iceland Answer Czech Republic Answer Greece Answer Belgium  Answer Slovenia End answer 
 


4/ Education


4.1. Does your country have specialized schools for blind of partially sighted children?

Yes Answer 85% End answer
No Answer 15% End answer
 

Answer Sweden  End answer


4.2. Is it possible for blind of partially sighted children to attend mainstream schools?

Yes Answer 100% End answer
No. Answer 0% End answer

Answer Romania  End answer
 

4.2.1. If yes, are there any support services for blind and partially sighted children?

Provision of books in Braille. Answer 25 End answer
Provision of Braille writing devices. Answer 24 End answer
Provision of adapted electronic devices. Answer 21 End answer
Support by specially trained teachers. Answer 23  End answer
Other  Answer 4 End answer
 

Answer UK Answer Slovakia Answer Denmark  Answer Spain Answer Portugal Answer Iceland  End answer


4.3. Can blind or partially sighted students at university benefit from some form of financial aid to purchase an adapted computer?

Yes Answer 81% End answer
No Answer 19% End answer
 

Answer Bulgaria  Answer Spain  End answer


4.4. With regard to education in general, what kind of suggestions for improvement do you have?
Answer UK Answer Germany Answer Malta Answer Netherland Answer Slovakia Answer Bulgaria Answer Denmark Answer Sweden Answer Estonia Answer Romania Answer Poland Answer Austria Answer France Answer Italy Answer Spain Answer Portugal Answer Iceland Answer Czech Republic Answer Greece Answer Slovenia End answer 



5. REHABILITATION CENTRES FOR BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE


5.1. Does your country have any rehabilitation centre for blind or partially sighted people?

Yes Answer 85% End answer
No Answer 15% End answer
 



5.2. Concerning rehabilitation centres, what suggestions for improvement do you have?

Increase the number of centres.  Answer 10   End answer
Improve existing centres. Answer 20   End answer
Increase the capacity of the centre.  Answer 14   End answer
Improve the training of staff (auxiliary nursing staff, special education teacher …) Answer 20   End answer
Modernise the methods of rehabilitation to daily life.  Answer 15   End answer
Modernise professional training. Answer 12  End answer
Other Answer 4  End answer
 

Answer UK Answer Netherland Answer Slovakia Answer Bulgaria   End answer
 


5.3. Have you noted any progress in these areas?

Yes Answer 38% End answer
No Answer 58% End answer
Don’t know. Answer 4% End answer

Answer Ireland Answer Estonia Answer Slovakia  End answer


5.3.1. If no, did you notice a decline in the quality of the rehabilitation measures for blind and partially sighted people?

Yes Answer 33% End answer
No Answer 50% End answer
Don’t know. Answer 17% End answer

Answer Germany End answer

 

6/ VOCATIONAL TRAINING


6.1. Does your country have a specialized vocational training centre for employed or unemployed blind and partially sighted people?

Yes Answer 62% End answer
No Answer 38% End answer
 

Answer Slovakia Answer Bulgaria  Answer Romania Answer Spain Answer Portugal Answer Greece End answer

6.2. Can blind or partially sighted employed or unemployed people attend mainstream vocational training centres?

Yes Answer 83% End answer
No Answer 17% End answer

 

Answer Germany  Answer Romania  End answer

6.3. If yes, are there any support services for the blind and partially sighted?

Provision of books in Braille. Answer 14 End answer
Provision of Braille writing devices. Answer 16 End answer
Provision of adapted electronic devices. Answer 16 End answer
Support by specially trained teachers.Answer 10 End answer
Other Answer 4 End answer
Don’t know Answer 1 End answer
 

Answer UK  Answer Slovakia Answer Estonia Answer Spain Answer Portugal  End answer


6.4. Have these measures been adopted since your country’s accession to the EU or did they exist before?

New Answer 16% End answer
Old Answer 79% End answer
Don’t know Answer 5% End answer
 

6.5. With regard to vocational training in general, what kind of suggestions for improvement do you have?
Answer UK  Answer Slovakia Answer Bulgaria Answer Sweden Answer Lithuania Answer Estonia Answer Romania Answer Poland Answer France Answer Italy Answer Spain Answer Portugal Answer Czech Republic Answer Greece Answer Slovenia End answer
 


7/ ACCESSIBILITY OF ICTs


7.1. Is it possible to obtain support for ICTs for blind people of all age categories

At school Answer 14 End answer
At university Answer 14 End answer
At work Answer 14 End answer
At home Answer 12 End answer
No answer Answer 12 End answer

Answer UK Answer Germany Answer Malta Answer Netherland  Answer Finland Answer Slovakia  Answer Belgium Answer Denmark Answer Sweden Answer Estonia  Answer Italy Answer Czech Republic End answer 

7.2. Is it possible to obtain support for ICTs for partially sighted people of all age categories

At school Answer 14 End answer
At university Answer 14 End answer
At work Answer 14 End answer
At home Answer 12 End answer
No answer Answer 12 End answer

Answer Germany  Answer Sweden Answer Italy End answer 

 

8/ E-GOVERNMENT

8.1. How do you evaluate the accessibility of public websites (E- government; documents, forum, services, interactive pages, etc.)

Very goodAnswer 1 End answer
Good Answer 2 End answer
Medium Answer 5 End answer
Bad Answer 7 End answer

Very bad Answer 0 End answer
No answer Answer 12 End answer

Answer UK Answer Germany Answer Malta Answer Netherland  Answer Finland Answer Slovakia   Answer Belgium Answer Denmark Answer Sweden Answer Estonia  Answer Italy   Lithuania End answer 

8.2. Is your government doing anything to make E-government websites accessible to blind and partially sighted people?

No Answer Answer 44% End answer
Yes Answer 56% End answer
 

Answer Denmark AnswerSlovenia Answer Slovakia AnswerSweden Answer Belgium Answer Finland Answer France Answer Italy Answer Lithuania Answer Malta Answer Netherlands Answer UK  End answer 


 

9/ EU INFLUENCE

9. Do you think that the EU has had a positive influence on the situation of blind and partially sighted people in your country ?

No Answer Answer 42% End answer
Yes Answer 54% End answer

Other Answer 4 End answer
 

 

Answer Denmark Answer Slovenia Answer Slovakia Answer Sweden Answer Germany Answer Belgium Answer Estonia Answer Finland Answer France Answer Italy Answer Lithuania Answer Malta Answer Netherlands Answer UK End answer 
 

 

10/ Finally, do you have any expectation with regard to your country’s belonging to the EU?

10. Do you have expectations with regard to:
 

Employment.                                                               Answer 20 End answer
Education.                                                                   Answer 18 End answer
Vocational training.                                                    Answer 19 End answer
Rehabilitation centres.                                               Answer 15 End answer
Transport / mobility.                                                    Answer 20 End answer
Accessibility of buildings and traffic lanes.              Answer 20 End answer
Access to information (accessibility of ICTs).         Answer 25 End answer
Financial support.                                                       Answer 17 End answer
Gender equality.                                                          Answer 18 End answer
Other.                                                                            Answer 2 End answer

Answer Netherland Answer Slovakia Answer Bulgaria  Answer Romania  Answer France End answer

 

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