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Articles September 2008

"How I Hid Not Being Able to Read or Write"

www.dys-add.com/HowIHid.pdf

"September Thoughts- Reflections on a New School Year"

www.dys-add.com/SeptemberThoughts.pdf

How Rock Climbing Helped Me Understand My Students

www.dys-add.com/RockClimbing.pdf

Remediation rewires dyslexic brains, provides lasting results

www.dys-add.com/RemediationRewires.pdf

Best-selling author struggled in school

www.dys-add.com/AuthorWithDyslexia.pdf

Tools

New: Downloadable audio textbooks from RFBD

On August 4, 2008, Recordings for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFBD) introduced AudioAccess, a new downloadable audio textbook format that plays on the widely available Microsoft Windows Media Player, and which can be synchronized with most Windows-compatible portable media players.

To learn more about Recordings for the Blind & Dyslexic, visit their website:
www.rfbd.org

Other sources of recorded books:

Recorded Books rents current best sellers, classics, and leisure books recorded by professional actors.
www.recordedbooks.com
 
Books on Tape also rents current best sellers and classics.
www.booksontape.com
 
Check with your local librarian. Many classics are available through inter-library loan.
 
You can also download e-books -- the text from books. Then, if you have screen-reading software, the computer can read the book to your child.
 
For a list of sources of e-books, go to:
www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/3117