Literacy: Reading and Print Disabilities

Posted by CynthiaL on Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 7:39 am. Comments are off.

America’s Literacy Directory (ALD) is a national database of literacy programs available via the Internet and the National Institute for Literacy’s toll-free number. The ALD is a service of the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL)
"Disability, Accessibility and Electronic Literacy" Special Topic in Currents in Electronic Literacy, Spring 2001 (No. 4)
Daisy Consortium The DAISY standard is now an official NISO standard and is also recognized by the Library of Congress and the W3C. "The DAISY Consortium’s mission is to develop the International Standard and implementation strategies for the production, exchange, and use of Digital Talking Books in both developed and developing countries, with special attention to integration with mainstream technology, to ensure access to information for people with print disabilities."
English Works! Reading Exercises Washington, DC: Gallaudet University
Focus on Struggling Readers and Writers:
IRA Programs and Resources
International Reading Association Disabled Reader SIG
Literacy Software to Aid Struggling Students from Freedom Scientific, makers of WYNN and TestTalker
Literacy Volunteers of the National Capital Area
Maryland Adult Literacy Resource Center at the University of Maryland Baltimore Campus
National Institute for Literacy (NIFL)
Starfall for pre-kindergarten through second grade
"The Reading Connection: Literacy Development and Homeless Children," by Eileen Hanning, Assistant Program Director for The Reading Connection, Arlington, VA
The Reading Connection (TRC)
U.S. Department of Education: On the Road to Reading a guide for community partners
Virginia’s Literacy Support Centers " Our goal: To eradicate illiteracy in Virginia. Our challenge: A lack of resources."

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