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Reading Services for People With Disabilities

Programs that provide people with visual impairments or other disabilities that limit their ability to read print material with access to recorded tapes, readings from current popular publications or a volunteer who reads for them. Included are radio reading services which offer programming that features highlights from national newspapers, articles from periodicals, or novels and other special interest reading material; telephone reading services which provide access to prerecorded material via touch-tone telephone; and programs that arrange for a call or visit by a volunteer reader.

Found 3 resources (displaying 3)

Thru: New York State Library Talking Book and Braille Library

Eligibility:
Be unable to read standard printed materials because of visual or physical disability (missing limb, severe arthritis, etc.) or have a diagnosed reading​/learning disability. Must have an IOS, android or recent kindle device to download digital braille and audio books from BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download)

New York State Library Talking Book and Braille Library

222 Madison Avenue
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY

Thru: National Federation of the Blind

Eligibility:
Visual impairment must be documented.

National Federation of the Blind of New York

136 Thomas Avenue
Rochester, NY

Thru: Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Service

Eligibility:
Blind or sight-impaired.

Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Service

1199 Harlem Road
Buffalo, NY