QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS

EBU Questionnaire Survey on the education, vocational training and rehabilitation of blind and partially sighted women across the 27 EU Member States

December 2008

 

 

I. Attendance to special or mainstream schools


1. - Is it possible for blind and partially sighted children to attend special schools in your country?

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


2. Is it possible for blind and partially sighted children to attend mainstream schools in your country?

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

 

3. - In case there are both special and mainstream schools do the majority of visually impaired girls attend (Please tick one of the following):
 

Special schools. Answer 24%  End answer
Mainstream schools Answer 46% End answer
Don’t know  Answer 12% End answer
No information or statistics available in my country   Answer 18% End answer

 

4. – Do male and female pupils and students in practice have the same rights and opportunities to access the education system at all levels?

Yes       Answer 83% End answer
No        Answer 11% End answer
No info Answer 6% End answer
 

 

 5. – Do female pupils and students receive in special education adequate support measures among the following:

1- Books in Braille or large print  Answer 16 End answer
2- Recorded texts  Answer 15 End answer
3- Braillers  Answer 16 End answer
4- PCs with speech synthesizers or Braille display   Answer 14 End answer
5- Texts in electronic format  Answer 14 End answer
6- Financial support Answer 12 End answer
7- Support teachers Answer 11 End answer
8- Assistants at home Answer   8 End answer
- Other Answer Other   1 End answer

 

6. - From your point of view, is this support in special education equally available to blind and partially sighted boys and girls?

Yes               Answer 94% End answer
No                Answer   0% End answer
Don’t know  Answer   6% End answer

 

7. – Do female pupils and students receive in mainstream education adequate support measures among the following:

1- Books in Braille or large print Answer 17 End answer
2- Recorded texts Answer 16 End answer
3- Braillers Answer 17 End answer
4- PCs with speech synthesizers or Braille display Answer 14 End answer
5- Texts in electronic format Answer 15 End answer
6- Financial support Answer 14 End answer
7- Support teachers Answer 13 End answer  
8- Assistants at home Answer   9 End answer
Other  Answer   7 End answer

 

8. - From your point of view, is this support in mainstream education equally available to blind and partially sighted boys and girls?

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

 

9. – From your point of view and experience are the teachers of blind and partially sighted women and girls qualified enough?

1 Yes               Answer 61% End answer
2 No                Answer 33% End answer
3 Don’t know  Answer 6% End answer

 

II. Comparison between female and male pupils and students

10 – Do female pupils and students in practice have the same opportunities to participate in the general education system on an equal basis with male pupils and students?

Yes Answer 94% End answer
No  Answer    6% End answer
 

 

11. – Which qualifications do the majority of blind and partially sighted women have (Please tick one of the following)?

Primary school level Answer 18% End answer
Secondary School level Answer 35% End answer
Vocational training courses Answer 25% End answer
University level Answer   0% End answer
Postgraduate level Answer   0% End answer
Don’t know Answer 11% End answer
Other Answer 11% End answer

 

12. – Do blind and partially sighted women access the academic career on an equal basis with blind and partially sighted men?

Yes       Answer 82% End answer
No        Answer 12% End answer
No info Answer   6% End answer

 

III. Physical education


13. – Is it possible for blind and partially sighted girls to participate in physical education classes on an equal basis with non disabled girls?

Yes               Answer 61% End answer
No                Answer 22% End answer
No info         Answer   6% End answer
Don’t know  Answer 11% End answer

 

14. - Is it possible for blind and partially sighted girls to participate in physical education classes on an equal basis with their blind and partially sighted male peers?

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

 

15. – Are there specific services, centres or courses for sports activities aimed at a better awareness of the potential and physical skills of visually impaired women?

Yes               Answer 61% End answer
No                Answer 33% End answer
Don’t know  Answer   6% End answer
No info         Answer   0% End answer

 

16. – Are there any courses for visually impaired women aimed at acquiring a proper posture and adequate body language?

Yes Answer 61% End answer
No  Answer 39% End answer
 


 


IV. Rehabilitation


17. – Do blind and partially sighted women access rehabilitation services and centres on an equal basis with blind and partially sighted men?

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



18. – Do blind and partially sighted girls attend specific daily living courses?

Yes Answer 78% End answer
No  Answer 22% End answer
 


 

19. – Are there any personal care/look-good/makeup courses?

Yes Answer 72% End answer
No  Answer 28% 28% End answer

 

 


 

V. Reproductive health education

20. – Do young blind and partially sighted women have the opportunity to attend general and specific sexual education and is it possible for them to get information and training materials in accessible format?

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

 


 

VI. Music education


21. – As music education is highly formative for everybody and playing a musical instrument facilitates integration, do women have the opportunity the opportunity in your country to access music education either as amateurs or as professionals?

Yes Answer 94% End answer
No  Answer   6% End answer
 

 


22. – Are there any visually impaired women who teach music education?

In special schools

Yes              Answer 11 End answer
No                Answer   4 End answer
Don’t know  Answer   3 End answer

 
In mainstream schools

Yes              Answer 8 End answer
No                Answer 4 End answer
Don’t know  Answer 6 End answer

 


23. – Are there any blind or partially sighted women who have established themselves as concert performers?

Yes               Answer 71%  End answer
No                 Answer   6% End answer
Don’t know  Answer 17% End answer
No info          Answer 6% End answer

 

VII. Other training courses


24. – Have there ever been any leadership courses, neuro-linguistic programming courses or public speaking courses open to or mainly targeted at blind and partially sighted women?

 

Yes               Answer 56% End answer
No                Answer 33%  End answer
Don’t know  Answer 11% End answer
No info         Answer   0% End answer

 

25. – Are these courses:

 

- organised regularly 

Yes               Answer 5 End answer
No                Answer 6  End answer
Don’t know  Answer 1 End answer

- never organised

Yes               Answer 4  End answer
No                Answer 7  End answer
Don’t know  Answer 1 End answer

- organized but women did not participate

yes               Answer 0 End answer
No                Answer 7  End answer
Don’t know  Answer 2 End answer




26. – Who offers these training courses?

mainstream services

yes               Answer 4 End answer
No                Answer 4  End answer
Don’t know  Answer 2 End answer

 
special services for blind and partially sighted persons?

yes               Answer 8 End answer
No                Answer 3  End answer
Don’t know  Answer 1 End answer

 

 


VIII. Vocational training centres


27. – Are there any special vocational training centres carrying out courses for blind and partially sighted women?

Yes Answer 39% End answer
No   Answer 61% End answer
 



28. – Is it possible for blind and partially sighted women to attend vocational training courses in mainstream facilities?

Yes Answer 94% End answer
No. Answer   6% End answer


29. – Do those attending vocational training courses receive texts/notes/handouts in accessible formats?

Yes               Answer 83% End answer
No                Answer   6% End answer
Don’t know  Answer 11% End answer


30. – Are blind and partially sighted women supported by specialized staff?

At school Answer  17 End answer
At university Answer  13 End answer
At vocational training centres Answer  13 End answer
Other Answer  1 End answer



 

 

IX. Access to information


31. - Do visually impaired women have access to new technologies and information on an equal basis:

with visually impaired men

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


with non disabled persons

Yes Answer 50% End answer
No  Answer 50% End answer
 

 

 



32. – Do blind and partially sighted women get technical aids in order to access information? :

Yes               Answer 83%  End answer
No                Answer    6% End answer
Don’t know  Answer 11% End answer
 

 

If yes, where is it offered?

At school Answer  28% End answer
At university Answer  23%  End answer
At work Answer  26% End answer
At home Answer  19% End answer
Other Answer  4% End answer
 

33. – If yes, what kind of support is received?

 


X. Mobility and transport


34. - From your point of view, do blind and partially sighted girls and
women benefit from special support facilities/concessions when travelling to school or university?

Yes Answer 89% End answer
No  Answer 11% End answer
 

If yes, what kind of support?

1 Financial aid

Yes Answer   6 End answer
No  Answer 12 End answer


2 Reduced fares on public transport for them

Yes Answer 13 End answer
No  Answer    5 End answer


3 Reduced fares on public transport for their accompanying persons

Yes Answer 15 End answer
No   Answer  3 End answer


4 Taxis Free-of-charge

Yes Answer   5 End answer
No   Answer 13 End answer


5 Permanent personal assistant

Yes Answer   4 End answer
No  Answer 14 End answer


6 Special transport for disabled people

Yes Answer 10 End answer
No  Answer    8 End answer


Other Answer  3 End answer

 

35. – Do blind and partially sighted women have the same level of mobility independence as blind and partially sighted men?

Yes               Answer 72% End answer
No                Answer 11% End answer
No info         Answer 11% End answer
Don’t know  Answer   6% End answer

 

 

36. - When travelling to school, university or training courses blind and partially sighted women mainly move (Please tick one of the following):

1 Accompanied by a family member Answer 9 End answer  
2 Alone, with a white cane Answer 8 End answer
3 With a guide dog Answer 5 End answer
4 With a GPS and a white cane Answer 0 End answer
5 With a GPS Answer 1 End answer
6 Accompanied by paid staff Answer 2 End answer
7 Accompanied by a volunteer Answer 1 End answer

 

XI. E.U. impact

37. – Do you think that the European Union has had any impact on the status of blind and partially sighted women in your country?

Yes, a positive impact Answer 9 End answer
Yes, a decisive impact Answer 1 End answer
No impact  Answer 5 End answer
Yes, but a negative impact  Answer 0 End answer

Don't know Answer 1 End answer
No information available Answer 2 End answer

 


38. – To sum up, do you think that education, vocational training and rehabilitation in your country are carried out along the lines of the dictates of the equal opportunities policy?

Yes              Answer 84% End answer
No                Answer 11% End answer
Don’t know  Answer   5% End answer
No info         Answer 0% End answer


 

39. – Do you have any expectations with regard to (Please tick one or more of the following):
 

Education Answer 9 End answer
Vocational training Answer 10 End answer
Leadership and Capacity Building courses Answer 10 End answer 
Mobility Answer 10End answer
Access to information Answer 10 End answer
Other Answer 4 End answer


 

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