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Empowering Access to Social Services through Data Sharing: Benetech Service Net
As inequality deepens in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area -- in Benetech’s backyard -- the crises facing…
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Employment, Disabilities, and the Role of Technology
Expanding employment success for people with disabilities People with disabilities need and deserve better employment opportunities. The business case makes…
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Envisioning a More Inclusive Future
I am incredibly excited to be leading the next phase of impact at Benetech as we pursue our vision for…
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Success! The United States Ratifies the Marrakesh Treaty
Today is a monumental day for millions of people around the world with reading barriers due to blindness, low vision,…
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Benetech & UCLA WORLD Policy Analysis Center Team Up with Ford Foundation to Shed Light on Inclusive Education & Employment Policies for People with Disabilities
Benetech, UCLA WORLD Policy Analysis Center, and Professor Michael Stein have joined forces with the Ford Foundation to ensure people…
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Benetech Survey: Back-to-School Insights from Teachers of Students with Reading Barriers
Welcome to the first annual Benetech Back-to-School Survey. The survey data detailed in the interactive visualization below represents input from…
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Recent highlights
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