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Penn State Literacy Website
http://aacliteracy.psu.edu
Literacy Instruction
for Individuals with Autism,
Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome
and Other Disabilities
Janice Light & David McNaughton
The Pennsylvania State University
Run, don’t walk to checking out this awesome website full of exemplars of students with complex communication needs learning to read and write. The website comes out of the longitudinal research of Dr. Janice Light and Dr. David [...]
84 Location Unity Dolch Word Cards
by Samuel Sennott
Here is a terrific phonics resource that includes the 84 location Unity icon sequence cards for the Dolch words, the popular high frequency word list. It is created and shared on Gail Van Tatenhove’s website, a great Unity resource. Also check out all of her freeware resources at: http://www.vantatenhove.com/materials.php
Go to the 84 [...]
Hoover’s New Wheels on the AEX
by Samuel Sennott
Check out another generous offering by Byron Wilkes of Learning Magic Inc. The exchange is filled with gems like this. The AEX or Intellitools Activity Exchange can be found at: http://aex.intellitools.com
I saw the exchange was acting up, so here is the direct links to the resource on the Learning Magic Site.
Hoover’s New Wheels
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Ebook List Posted on ACOLUG
by Samuel Sennott
Russel Cross recently posted a great list of accessible books on the ACOLUG (Augmentative Communication Online Users Group) Listserv. Check it out:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ – project gutenburg – html, text (FREE)
http://www.ebooks.com/ – ebooks – Microsoft reader, Mobipocket, Adobe
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/ – University of Adelaide – html, txt (FREE)
http://www.ereader.com/ – ereader – ereader format (use with Palm, Mob, [...]
ReadTheWords.com Creates Good Recordings of Text
by Samuel Sennott
Previously I wrote a post covering online text to speech recording called Listening to Research as MP3 Files on Your iWhatever. Today, I got word of a very powerful tool of this genre called ReadTheWords. It not only is quick, has a smooth graphic user interface, the ability to embed your recording, but [...]
Skateboarders Ride Transitional Book
by Samuel Sennott
As there is much big news to report on the accessible books front, I will be cleaning out the closet of all the drafted posts of this type. Check out this engaging book. Direct selectors can use the navigational arrows, and switch scanners can use the arrow keys to navigate.
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