UDL - Universal Design for Learning

This UDL blog for higher education, created by Dr. Shelley Kinash, provides unique insights and directions on how to universally design higher education learning environments.

"While university is challenging for every student, some learners find the difficulties nearly insurmountable. International students from non-English speaking backgrounds have difficulty understanding what their teachers are saying. Mature-aged students struggle to maintain energy levels while balancing study, family, and work. Students with learning disabilities are confused by the lengthy and complex readings. Students with sensory impairments such as blindness and deafness find many online resources inaccessible."

Link to the complete article in this blog where you will discover many more examples.

"A service called Bookshare makes traditional books quickly accessible for students with certain disabilities."

Access to the curriculum and reading materials for students with print and visual disabilities is a key step for schools to achieve acaemic success for all students.  Bookshare is the respository for K-12 copyrighted and non-copyrighted books and textbooks for students with print and visual disabilities.  This service is currently at no cost to schools in the United States. They also offer a select number of free reading tools and there is an app  designed to work with Bookshare books.   Learn more at bookshare.org.