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MAY 12, 2009

I work in membership at Bookshare and I believe in bilingualism. Why shouldn’t visually impaired and disabled students in the United States have easy access to the study of the languages? These training sessions, delivered in Spanish and English, were attended by 134 teachers, 14 state employees and 6 parents.

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Puerto Rico United States Student Library 100

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APRIL 20, 2013

Helen Keller, who worked for AFB for many years, was on the original award board for its first twenty years, starting in 1937. The book famine may be receding here in the United States with Bookshare and the increasing advent of universally designed and accessible ebooks, but globally we have only scratched the surface of the need.

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eBook Award Copyright Syria 221

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Reflections on an internship with Bookshare.org in Chennai, India Made possible through support from the Amherst College Center for Community Engagement Anna Reid, religion major, class of 2010 Anna Reid with employees of Worth Trust, a South Indian organization that provides vocational training and employment for people with disabilities.

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Accessibility India United States International 100

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NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Although reports of the massacre appeared in the United States, Salvadoran army and government leaders denied them and, all too soon, El Mozote was forgotten. He went on to become Benetech’s Vice President of Human Rights and led our human rights work for nine years. Photo credits: Rom Srinivasan and Patrick Ball.

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Burma Analysis Guatemala Law 168

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APRIL 22, 2009

I’ve been working in libraries for nine years. Over that time, I’ve seen a lot of different libraries, from both the back room, where I normally work in technical services, and the front in public services. It’s like every library I’ve ever worked in, as it should be. at its core. Bookshare is also picking up steam in India.

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Library National India United States 100

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

This latest one spotlights the many great interns, associates and fellows that are or were working for Benetech over this summer and into this year. Jule has been working with Benetech’s Human Rights Data Analysis Group, HRDAG, which completed analyzing data for Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

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Los Angeles South Africa United States Statistics 100

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APRIL 19, 2009

Guest Beneblog by Vijaya Tripathi As a Program Associate for the Benetech Human Rights Program (HRP), I train and support human rights advocates who use Benetech’s free and open source Martus program to securely document human rights violations. It is vital to the work of human rights investigations, and it serves many purposes.

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Cambodia Training Train Sri Lanka 104