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"The first book we got from RFB&D was her 6th grade social studies textbook. She got through her homework five times faster! RFB&D just made Kara fly." - Robin, Kara’s mom, RFB&D member, Los Angeles County, CA
People learn differently. As a nonprofit, RFB&D is the nation’s largest audio library of accessible educational materials with more than 560,000 books in circulation.
The Need is Urgent:- One in seven Americans (or 15% of the U.S. population) has some type of learning disability
- Just 57% of students with learning disabilities graduate high school—compared to 88% of the general student population
- One in five students has a learning disability
- As many as 1.8 million bright and intellectually capable students in American classrooms cannot read because of a learning difference such as dyslexia
- More than five million Americans have visual impairments
- More than 39% of children with learning disabilities drop out of high school compared to 11% of the general education population
- Access the general education curriculum at the same time as their peers
- Work on assignments independently and actively participate in the reading and learning process
- Meet higher academic goals and achieve academic success