Adaptability of cashpoints for the disabled

Grouped according to the most general classification: physical, sensoryand psychological (Figure 4.2):PhysicalSensoryMore than210,000 people inCatalonia have aphysical disability.PsychologicalNot registered0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000Figure 4.2: People with disability by type: physical, sensory and psychological. Total figures.2005. (Source: Department of Welfare and Family. General Secretariat. Produced from thedatabase of disabled people).From the group of visually-impaired disabled, according to information fromthe ONCE we obtain the following proportion among the disabled withminimum sight and blindness (Figure 4.3):Blindness22%Visualimpairment78%Blindness: absence ofsight or only theperception of light.Visual impairment:maintenance of a visualstate that is functionalfor daily life (movingaround, domestic chores,reading, etc.).Figure 4.3: Proportion of visually disabled. (Source: ONCE)The discrimination that ONCE carries out to determine a person with a sightdisability is that stipulated for both eyes in one of the two following visualstates (for more information see appendix 6.6):Visual sharpness the same as or inferior to 0.1 (1/10 of the Wecker scale).Visual sharpness is understood as the degree of the eye’s ability to perceivespecial details.ADAPTABILITY OF CASHPOINTS FOR THE DISABLED11