Resources for reading materials for students who are blind or visually impaired:

American Printing House for the Blind
www.aph.org
The American Printing House for the Blind promotes independence of blind and visually impaired persons by providing specialized materials, products, and services needed for education and life. The Louis Database is the key to finding information about materials in accessible media from more than 180 different agencies nationwide. Louis lists the location information for over 180,000 books and other products in the following media: Braille, Large Print, Computer File, and Audio.

Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic
www.rfbd.org
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic is a nonprofit volunteer organization serving people with educational audio materials who cannot effectively read standard print because of visual impairment, dyslexia, or other physical disability.

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
www.loc.gov/nls
Through a national network of cooperating libraries, NLS administers a free library program of Braille and audio materials circulated to eligible borrowers in the United States by postage-free mail. Web-Braille is also available. Web-Braille is a service that provides, in an electronic format, many Braille books, some music scores, and all Braille magazines produced by NLS. The Web-Braille site is password-protected, and all files are in an electronic form of contracted Braille, requiring the use of special equipment for access.

BookShare.org
www.bookshare.org
Bookshare.org has over 25,750 books available for their subscribers to download in DAISY or BRF. Their online accessible e-text library reflects the diverse interests and reading needs of the print-disabled community.