Accessible text should be available to all children and not just to a select lucky few. I think that if every school was outfitted with books and text books that also came with the companion audio for students to listen to that test scores and reading comprehension would be much higher than it is. I have been to many schools where when they do literacy centers that one of those centers will be a listening stations. This is a good start, but it is not nearly enough. Only having a select few books to listen to in the classroom is limiting. Children with reading difficulty would benefit more if they’re subject area textbooks were made accessible in the same way. Then when they are trying to work on social studies they don’t have to worry about missing the point of the lesson because they are behind in reading. I’m not advocating that we cut out reading education all together and just hand our kids an iPod and a set of headphones, but for someone who is a struggling reader it would be a miracle. They would only have to worry about improving they’re reading skills during reading. When that student went to study other subjects they could focus solely on those and not be burdened by their reading disability during their entire day at school.
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I completely agree with you. I think audio books should be widely available. In the traditional classroom, reading affects every other subject. By being able to bypass that roadblock for so many students would be amazing. I also feel that assistive technology in general should be made available to all students. There is a time when almost every student could use a little bit of help. Assistive technology could be a great resource for those times. Why must we label students to provide them with something that will help them?
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