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Learning Disabilities and Books on Tape Students who have learning disabilities such as dyslexia often excel using auditory information. Some classic symptoms of dyslexia are mixing up letters, saying words that may start and end with the shown letters but they don’t see the middle part of the word, there reading is very choppy and comprehension can be a problem because they are have to work so hard to get to the end of the sentence let alone the end of the page. My son has dyslexia and ADD (Attention Deficient Disorder) his is also incredibly bright. My sons learning style is auditory and visual. If he can see and hear it, he will get it. He just has a really hard time producing it in a written form. This is very typical for dyslexics, for more information on diagnosing and symptoms of dyslexia go to []. This site also has a list of great accommodations that helps students in the regular classroom. Another great resource that is helpful to students with dyslexia is []. This site allows you to download books that are recorded. They have available textbooks to just released books. This site allows children like my son to enjoy books that their peers are reading. Without books on tape many students would give up on themselves and think of themselves as dumb. Students who have Dyslexia and ADD are often incredibly intelligent because their brains are wired differently so they see the world differently. Some of these unique people are Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Richard Branson and Henry Ford to name a few. For a more complete list go to []. By allowing children and adults to use recorded information to learn we are making our world a better place to be. Some of the drawbacks to this aid is that they have to be able to use a device that runs on batteries or they need to be near a hotspot to download new books or information that can is read to them. Another issue is that not all books or textbooks are recorded. But that is changing with the Gutenberg Project. []. This site is using volunteers from around the world to record books for others to have access to. By allowing students to access information through recordings we allow then to reach their full potential.