 Detailed Findings
Learning/Attention Impairment
Overall
It is generally given by representative associations that were contacted that between 3% and 5% of the Australian population suffer from differing degrees of learning impairments.[1] Whilst no specific figures on print disability are recorded by any Dyslexia-Speld Foundation in Australia, it is generally thought
that around half of all sufferers would have difficulty reading a newspaper daily. That is, 2% of the Australian population aged 15 years or over or 298,216 have a print disability due to a learning or attention impairment.[2] Whilst these figures are only an estimate, more reliable data sources do not disaggregate disability categories sufficiently to determine exact numbers with
learning or attention related impairments.
State Profile
The estimates quoted above could not be disaggregated by State and Territory.
Learning/Attention Impairment Type
There are several representative organisations for those with learning or attention disorders and all were consulted in the research process. However, the estimates provided by the Dyslexia-Speld Foundation matched those
provided by other representative bodies and to avoid duplicating the numbers, this was the source used in the final calculation.
[1] Dyslexia Speld Foundation Australia, Learning and Attention Disorder Society Australia.
[2] ABS, 1996 Census.
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