Help for Non- and Slow Readers

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic

Need recorded versions of the books you assign so a blind or slow-reading student can keep up with lesson content? You may be able to get them from Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFBD), a 60-year-old organization that supplies books on tape for those who have difficulty reading.

RFBD reports that currently 70 percent of the 185,000 clients they serve—ranging from kindergartners to working professionals—need help because of learning disabilities rather than blindness. The group circulates 500,000 books, and added 6,000 last year alone with the help of 7,000 volunteers using 29 recording studios around the country.

There's more on their Web site at www.rfbd.org. You'll find information on membership fees for individuals and institutions and an online catalog so you can find out whether the books you need are available.