I was just oriented in volunteer service for the Reading for the Blind and Dyslexic. What a wonderful organization. They read text books for all ages from Kindergarten to Post Graduate. I have driven by their organization several times saying that I was going to volunteer. I used to read for the blind on the closed circuit radio station in Mississippi. We clipped interesting articles out of several newspapers and read them over the radio for the blind. I got my grandmother one of these radios but I am not sure if she ever really listened to it. She did hear me a couple of times but I wish that she would have taken advantage of all that it could do for her. They had certain magazines on the show as well as books. She would have loved to have heard articles from Southern Living Magazine.
Anyway, I was surprised to find out that the RB & D have these services but no one knows about them. They have one person that goes to schools in this region but she can not go to everyone. This is a nationwide program and I encourage anyone and everyone to make this service known to any educator (especially Special Education teachers). One thing I have is a voice and while I still have my eyes, I find this to be a very special service for me to be a part of.
The url to their site is here:
Take a moment to look at this site and see what it can do for you or for others that you may know.
Maybe next time I will tell you a funny story that happened while reading on the air in MS. LOL.
Thank you!
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Good for you!!!! Although I am still able to read such articles online using my Windows "accessibility wizard," I just don't know WHAT I would do if I didn't have the Talking Books for the Visually Impaired and Handicapped!!! You know I make good use of that service. Another service offered by state libraries - located in state capitals and offering a 1-800 number is "Movies for the Blind," which are wonderfully and mercifully narrated. The only problem is there are only 200 available movie titles. These movies are paid for by the U.S. Dept. of Education, but I wish every movie producer would use some of their mega-box office profits to provided copies of their movies for the blind. Wouldn't that be wonderful? Again, congratulations to you, GSM, for providing such a wonderful service! BJ
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