Calgary Public Library provides diverse collections and services to meet the needs of
any individual who can not read or access print.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
A Special Services card is available at no cost to the following individuals:
- Legally Blind: persons whose visual acuity, as determined by a competent authority, is 20/200 or
less in the better eye with correcting lenses, or whose widest diameter of visual field subtends
an angular distance of no greater than 20 degrees.
- Visual Disability: requires aids other than regular glasses to read standard
printed material.
- Physical Disability: unable to turn pages or comfortably hold a book for
extended periods of time.
- Reading Disability: cognitive disability preventing
an individual from reading printed material in
a normal manner.
