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Blogs
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Monitoring Human Rights Violations Against Persons with Disabilities During a Pandemic
Uncovering the harms of exclusion Since late December, COVID-19 has spread incrementally throughout the globe, infecting millions of people without…
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A Message on Racial Justice
A letter to the Benetech community Below is an excerpt from a message I sent to Benetech staff in response…
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Technology Puts Career Within Reach for Blind Engineering Student
Bookshare ebook library and Thorium screen reader allow blind engineering student to earn Bachelor of Science degree In 2017, Giridhar…
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Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Blogs highlight impact of digital accessibility in education and employment across the globe [inline_module class_name='Benetech__Image' instance='0'] Today is Global Accessibility…
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Three Students with Dyslexia Meet Distance Learning Challenges Head On
Students leverage a variety of instructional delivery platforms, assistive technology solutions, and personal coping strategies to make distance learning work…
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COVID-19 Pushed The Social Safety Net Past Its Breaking Point
The Bay Area’s social safety net is in tatters; together we can repair it and bring a new level of…
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2023
- Business Mirror: An ebook Library for Those with Reading Barriers
- School Library Journal: Serving Blind and Low-Vision Children Well Benefits All Students. Here Are Suggestions.
- Publisher’s Weekly: Lerner Publishing Group’s New Partnership Centers Accessibility
- Publishing Perspectives: Pearson Named A Benetech Global Certified Accessible Publisher
- National Federation of the Blind (NFB): Getting Books on Time with Bookshare
- BBC News: Visually-impaired Nottingham Law Student Praises Book Scheme
2022
- Government Technology: DoE Grant to Fund Digital Materials for Disabled Students
- Forbes: How AI Is Being Used To Help Blind Students ‘Visualize’ Graphs And Charts
- K-12 Dive: Nonprofit Uses AI to Make STEM Materials More Accessible
- Edutopia: Tools for Supporting Students With Reading Disabilities
- Eyes on Success Podcast: 2214 Bookshare Reader for Smart Speakers
- AppleVis Podcast: AppleVis Extra #85: Hema Natarajan Discusses the Upcoming Bookshare Reader Suite for Web, Mobile, and Smart Speaker
- Duke Fuqua Center for Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship: Why We’re Excited About Benetech’s Impact Potential
- K-12 Dive: 3 Inclusive Education Myths Busted
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