Adult Literacy Contact
Centre
A Project of the Adult Basic Education Association of
B. C.
 |
622 - 510 W. Haslings Street,
Vancouver, B.C. V6B 1L8 |
1-800-663-1293
684-0624 |
LEARNER CALLS TO THE
ADULT LITERACY CONTACT
CENTRE
March 1 to October 31, 1989 inclusive
Special needs identified by callers to the Adult Literacy
Contact Centre:
| |
Learning Disabled
|
24 |
| |
|
Includes number of callers who
think they may have a learning disability but have never been assessed (11) and
number of callers who say they do have a learning disability and may have been
assessed (13). |
|
| |
Mentally handicapped |
2 |
| |
Special emotional or psychiatric
needs, including depression |
3 |
| |
Speech impediment |
2 |
| |
Hearing impairment |
2 |
| |
In need of daycare |
13 |
| |
On social assistance |
7 |
| |
Unemployed - looking for work
and/or vocational counselling |
15 |
| |
|
Total |
68 |
| |
|
Total calls received
March 1 - October
31, 1989 inclusive |
203 |
NOTE: Information regarding special needs was
given voluntarily and not solicited. Therefore, the number of special needs
identified (68) nay present an incomplete picture of how many people these
categories actually represent.
Categories are not exclusive, but overlap. |