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Dori Carter Gives Recording of the Blind & Dyslexic a Good Read
Author Dori Carter recorded her new book of short stories, We Are Rich, for Santa Barbara’s Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic. Her husband, television and film producer Chris Carter of The X Files fame, and a group of six friends joined her in the studio to help her record the book, which will be made available to print-disabled students throughout the country.
Carter, a Montecito resident, is a former screenwriter and television producer. Her first novel, Beautiful Wasps Having Sex, published in 2000, was a Los Angeles Times bestseller.
“We’ve been anticipating doing this read for RFB&D since the book’s release in late April,” Carter said. “This is a wonderful organization that truly makes a difference in people’s lives. My friends, husband and I are pleased to help them.”
The Santa Barbara Unit of RFB&D was founded in 1976. Its 200 weekly volunteers spend more than 14,000 hours annually producing 220 audio books for students in all grades — kindergarten through graduate and professional schools. The books are then housed in the nation’s largest audio textbook library, which contains 55,000 digitally recorded titles, at the organization’s headquarters in Princeton, N.J. Audio books are available by download or CDs for schools and individuals.
RFB&D’s mission is to change lives for the better by creating opportunities for individual success with its learning through listening program. Its vision is to give all people equal access to the printed word.
Independent studies by Rutgers and John Hopkins universities show that students using RFB&D audio textbooks significantly increase their reading accuracy, reading rate and comprehension. Self-esteem and confidence increases as students perform better academically. For many with print disabilities, using RFB&D’s audio books can be life altering.
Click here for more information about RFB&D’s audio textbook service, its Learning Through Listening Hours, or to volunteer at the local Santa Barbara Unit, or call 805.681.-0531.
— Tim Owens is executive director of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic.
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» on 06.15.09 @ 11:38 AM
Special thanks to the Carters for helping with Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, a very worthwhile national non-profit, so ably led locally by Tim Owens.
We know how much cheaper “prevention” is than “cure” in medicine, when we weigh basic diet and exercise against major surgery or half a lifetime tied to expensive medications.
The same is true when it comes to helping people overcome educational challenges to become successful in school, and in subsequent careers.
So much of our criminal justice system handles people who couldn’t overcome their learning disabilities in school, and then battled low self esteem.
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic is a well-run, low-cost, high-value way to combat these problems. Society and the economy, not just the individual borrower,
benefit. Kudos to the Carters for recognizing that, and stepping forward to help.
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» on 06.17.09 @ 06:05 AM
“So much of our criminal justice system handles people who couldn’t overcome their learning disabilities in school, and then battled low self esteem.”
Hmm.. I don’t buy into that theory. Emotional distress (family and friend issues) or lack of caring support is a bigger contributor than a learning disability.
Inability to learn is more often a lack of will to learn caused by depression or attitude than a lack of ability. Yet, in this case, recording for the blind and dyslexic obviously provides the means. The ability may still be hampered by emotional distress,however. another issue…
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