Reading Archives

Read an eBook Week 

Posted on March 8, 2024 - 10:24 am by Steve Kelley

person sitting on the couch and holding an eReader

March ushers in Read an eBook Week. It’s the perfect time to celebrate how digital eBooks have transformed reading for those who find print difficult or impossible to read. Methods for accessing and reading eBooks vary. Regardless of your blindness, low vision, or comfort level with technology, there is a way to read. NLS One of […]

How Blind or Low Vision Booklovers Can Fully Concentrate While Reading an Audiobook

Posted on June 27, 2022 - 11:06 am by Empish J. Thomas

by Empish Thomas June is Audiobook Appreciation Month, and I wanted to share my experience with learning to love audio books as a blind person. When I lost my vision over 20 years ago, one of the things I missed most was the ability to read printed books. I was a voracious reader and serious […]

Celebrate National Library Week with a Vision Rehabilitation Therapist

Posted on April 2, 2022 - 12:00 am by Steve Kelley

Get Ready to Read This Month at Your Local Library The week of April 3 through 9, 2022 is National Library Week. Also. Vision Rehabilitation Therapist Awareness Week is the week of April 14. This is the perfect time to team up with the local library and a Vision Rehabilitation Therapist (VRT) to learn more […]