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Making the Book Truly Accessible for All Students

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This includes accessible educational materials, such as e-books that can be used with computers, or mobile devices that display enlarged text or read the book aloud while also highlighting text. We have the technological innovations to help these children and their families and educators, who are looking for strategies to aid their success.

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Bookshare without Borders: #1/3

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Reading a Bookshare-downloaded book on the BrailleNote portable device Launched in 2007 to replicate the proven Bookshare model internationally, our Bookshare International library has already grown to serve members in more than 40 countries , many of whom are in the developing world.

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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

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This pilot paved the way for our work in the education field. It gave us the opportunity to conduct for the first time a sizeable outreach campaign in education, provided us with informative user feedback and case studies, and supported the development of Bookshare’s initial K-12 collection. government and states like Texas.

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Bookshare International’s Viji Dilip Profiled in Magazine

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I wanted to give back to society, to help people who didn’t have vision with their education so that they could become economically and socially independent." Since Viji was raised in India, she began looking at the educational challenges faced by people from that country. In countries outside the U.S.,

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: What It Takes to Lead.

ASU Lodestar Center

In response to the growing needs of professional nonprofit managers, numerous university-based nonprofit management education programs have emerged, but few offer continuing education for nonprofit professionals. We welcome your input and feedback. ^ [1] Wing, K. Pollak, T. & Blackwood, A. The Nonprofit Almanac. Washington, D.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Really, Your Tax.

ASU Lodestar Center

Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The next one is Educational Care, in Tempe, who reported $1.8 In any case, Educational Care doesnt turn up other traces. This is great news.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

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The book is an expanded version of their seminal article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review from 2007, “Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition.” Third, we pioneered a novel interpretation of the copyright exception for serving people with disabilities that is built into the basic law of the United States.

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