News about Bookshare: an ebook library for people with reading barriers
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.
1 CommentRaven 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.
9 CommentsKathie Schneider, retired clinical psychologist and Benetech Board member, reflects on the joy she experiences as a blind adult. Discover her alphabet of blind joy.
1 CommentInnovative in-person and virtual programs at Redwood Literacy, a special school in Chicago, achieve reading success through assistive technology and literacy tools including Bookshare.
Leave a CommentCelebrate Global Accessibility Awareness day with Bookshare and Benetech! Learn how accessibility impacts the ways people learn, work, and live.
Leave a CommentStudents 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.
Leave a CommentThe Bookshare team extends heartfelt appreciation to superhero teachers everywhere during #TeacherAppreciationWeek
Leave a CommentParent 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.
Leave a CommentNicholas 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.”
2 CommentsIn Part 1, two mothers and daughters shared their challenges and triumphs as they navigated learning support tools, assistive technology, and misperceptions about dyslexia. In Part 2, Beth and Alanna offer advice for other parents with neurodivergent kids. This series includes remarks from a February 8 webinar hosted by Bookshare and Understood.
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