Acer, a blind high school student in Michigan, leverages assistive technology and Bookshare to thrive in school and pursue a budding musical career.
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Published October 24, 2022
Category: Bookshare Success Stories
Published August 24, 2022
Reading Superheroes Save the Day at Maybury Elementary
Gwendolyn Carter, Resource Teacher at Maybury Elementary School in Detroit, uses her superpowers – instruction, Bookshare ebooks, and assistive technology – to help her students close reading gaps. Learn how one of her students, Jose, uses word highlighting with text-to-speech audio to help him decode and increase fluency and comprehension. This support helps him read the superhero books that his friends read.
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Published August 17, 2022
Raven Riley Dreams Big
Raven Riley, Bookshare member from northern California, is excited to start college and embark on a career in biopsychology. With help from disability resources for her visual impairment and self-advocacy skills she has honed over the years, she is confident that she can achieve her dreams. In this blog she shares her academic goals, how she uses Bookshare and assistive technology to read and learn, and her favorite video games.
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Published June 21, 2022
An Alphabet of Blind and Disabled Joy
Kathie Schneider, retired clinical psychologist and Benetech Board member, reflects on the joy she experiences as a blind adult. Discover her alphabet of blind joy.
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Published May 26, 2022
Dyslexia Reading Remediation is Evergreen at Redwood Literacy
Innovative in-person and virtual programs at Redwood Literacy, a special school in Chicago, achieve reading success through assistive technology and literacy tools including Bookshare.
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Published May 19, 2022
Accessibility Helps People Learn, Work, and Live
Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness day with Bookshare and Benetech! Learn how accessibility impacts the ways people learn, work, and live.
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Published May 11, 2022
Reading Specialist Integrates Bookshare into Special Education Curriculum
Students with low incidence disabilities enjoy Bookshare books as part of their integrated curriculum at the George Crothers Memorial School, a special education school in Pennsylvania.
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Published May 4, 2022
Bookshare Salutes Teachers Everywhere
The Bookshare team extends heartfelt appreciation to superhero teachers everywhere during #TeacherAppreciationWeek
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Published April 28, 2022
Canadian Parents Advocate for Children with Learning Disabilities
Parent advocacy group in Ontario – the Francophone Association for Learning Disorders – provides advice and resources such as Bookshare for children with dyslexia. The founder and president share their daughters’ struggles with reading and the audiobooks that saved them.
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Published April 20, 2022
Bookshare Member Spotlight: Meet Nicholas Racheotes
Nicholas Racheotes is an Emeritus Professor of History at Framingham State University and an Associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard. As a retired professor who is blind, he relies on Bookshare for his scholarly research, pleasure reading, and ticket to lifelong learning. He has been a Bookshare member since 2009, and he believes it is important to “put as many tools in the learning toolbox as possible.”
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