Accessibility Resources: Other Resources

The ADA page from the U.S. Department of Justice provides information on disability rights.

The Arc of Virginia is the statewide advocacy organization made up of people with developmental disabilities, their family members and their allies, who are fighting for A Life Like Yours, for Virginians with DD.

Bookshare® is available only for individuals who have a qualifying reading or perceptual disability, a visual impairment, or a physical disability that affects their ability to read printed works. Users Must sign up.
FREE for qualified U.S. students; low annual fee for adults

Additional links to find ebooks in a variety of formats as well as streaming audio content.

Information on inclusive resources available to residents of Virginia.

Free audio versions of public domain works. Volunteers make the recordings. The audio files can be downloaded or listened to via streaming audio.

Many books at the Open Library include listening options and a variety of reading formats.

Free ebooks in a variety of formats available for download. The focus is on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired.

"Project Gutenberg, Microsoft, and MIT have worked together to create thousands of free and open audiobooks using new neural text-to-speech technology and Project Gutenberg's large open-access collection of e-books. This project aims to make literature more accessible to (audio) book-lovers everywhere and democratize access to high quality audiobooks.

VersAbility Resources supports people with disabilities in leading productive and fulfilling lives.