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Hadley Evolves into E-Learning Leader: School Using Technology to Offer Accessible Courses to Blind Adults

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Hadley School's Online Courses: Over 100 Classes Free to Blind and Visually Impaired Via Computer

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Career Resources for the Blind: New Programs Let Low-Vision Students Explore Employment Options

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Bookshare Offers Accessible Books: 43,000-Title Digital Library is Free for Blind & Low-Vision Students

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Plustek BookReader V100: Reading Machine Has High-Speed Scanner, Top-Notch OCR Technology

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

New Low-Vision Reading Resources: New Aids Include Shakespeare Podcasts & Accessible Maps and Browsers

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

AFB Assistive Technology Resources: New Book, Seminar Help Teachers Assess Blind Students Tech Needs

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Reading & Radio Resource: Texas Agency Provides Audiobooks, Radio Reading to Print Impaired

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

NFB Youth Slam 2009: Unique Summer Academy Lets Blind Students Explore Careers in Science

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Blind Education Roundup: Braille Exhibit Tour Begins; New Phone Support Group for Blind Teens

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

US to Commemorate Braille's 200th: Louis Braille's Bicentennial, Legacy to be Celebrated Across America

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Canada Marks Braille Bicentennial: Celebrations Include Initiatives to Promote Braille Literacy

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Book Celebrates 150 Years of APH: New American Printing House for the Blind History is a Visual Feast

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

An Historical Timeline of the APH: American Printing House for the Blind is Enduring Literacy Pioneer

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Audiobook Options for the Blind: Listening to Books is a Vital Learning Tool for Low-Vision Students

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Reading Resource Profile for the NFB: National Federation of the Blind a Leading Braille Literacy Advocate

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Reading Resource Profile of AFB: For 87 Years, the AFB Has Provided Tools Enabling the Blind to Read

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

NBP Honors Braille Bicentennial: NBP Promotes Braille’s Legacy with New Website and Commemoratives

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Reading Resource Profile for NAVH: National Assoc. for Visually Handicapped Has 10,000 Large-Type Books

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Reading Resource Profile – APH: American Printing House for the Blind Marks 150 Years of Service

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Teaching Students with Low Vision: How to Work with Visually Impaired Children in the Classroom

By: Feature Writer Karen Plumley

Distance Learning for the Blind: Web Offers Many Braille Literacy and Career-Building Courses

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Next Generation™ Perkins Brailler®: New Braillewriter is More Portable, Responsive, Quiet, and Durable

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Exploring the Universe by Touch: Noreen Grice’s Braille Astronomy Books Open Night Sky to the Blind

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

NFB-Louis Braille Commemorative Coin: US Mint Marks Braille Bicentennial with Embossed Silver Dollar

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Reading Resource Profile of RFB&D: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic Has Over 37,000 Audiobooks

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Blind Reading Resources for Readers: Readers Fill Gaps When Speciallly Formatted Books Aren't Available

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

A Biography of Louis Braille: His Raised-Dot Language System Brought Literacy to the Blind

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

A Braille Timeline: Braille Struggled to Become the Primary Language of the Blind

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Blind Reading Resources: Braille: Technology Has Made Braille More Efficient for Blind Readers

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Blind Reading Resource Roundup: Bookshare's e-Library Now Free; RFB&D Release First Audio Comic Book

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Top Six Blind Reading Resources: RFB&D, NLS, and APH Spell Literacy for Vsually Impaired Students

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

Blind Reading Resources-Large Type: Where Large-Print Books Fit in Sight-Impaired Students' Literacy

By: Feature Writer Andrew Leibs

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