Launching into a Lifetime of Literacy with Braille and Talking Books from the National Library Service
By: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress
This blog post was contributed to Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) by the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress as part of our recognition of October as Dyslexia Awareness Month and Blindness Awareness Month.
Inclusion and acceptance at school are important to all students, and for students with disabilities, reading and enjoying the same books as their classmates can be an important part of fitting in.
Two boys enjoy a book on digital cartridge using an NLS audiobook player.
“It’s huge to be able to have access to the same books all your friends are reading,” says Brian, who is blind. “To be able to talk about the same books others are reading, as a kid, is about being part of the community, being able to engage.”
Readers of the OSERS blog may already be familiar with Bookshare, the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)-funded digital e-book platform, which is free to eligible students in the U.S. and includes access to textbooks [...]