CELA Library Access

Who qualifies for CELA Library Access?

Anyone who is print disabled because of blindness, visual impairment, physical disability and/or learning disability in accordance with the definition provided for "perceptual disability" in Section 32. (1) of the Canadian Copyright Act qualifies.

“Perceptual Disability” means a disability that prevents or inhibits a person from reading or hearing a literary, musical, dramatic or artistic work in its original format, and includes such a disability resulting from:

1. severe or total impairment of sight or hearing or the inability to focus or move one's eyes,
2. the inability to hold or manipulate a book, or
3. an impairment relating to comprehension.

Libraries are required to restrict access to the CELA Library collection to customers who have a perceptual disability. You will be contacted to setup a registration appointment (phone or in person) after submitting this form. Registration takes up to 15 minutes.