TRIANGLE RADIO READING SERVICE

What they do

NORTH CAROLINA READING SERVICE TURNS PRINTED INFORMATAION INTO AN AUDIO BASED MEDIA ACCESSIBLE to PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND or WHO HAVE A PRINT DISABILITY. A PRINT DISABILITY INCLUDES ANYTHING THAT PREVENTS SOMEONE FROM HOLDING A BOOK, NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINE, ETC., DUE to CONDITIONS SUCH AS ARTHRITIS, STROKE, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, ALS, or PARALYSIS. PRINT DISABILITIES INCLUDE LOW VISION, TOTAL BLINDNESS,LEARNING DISABILITIES and LITERACY CHALLEGNES. CONTINUOUS PROGRAMMING is PROVIDED 24/7, WHICH is 168 HOURS A WEEK and 8,736 HOURS A YEAR, to AN ESTIMATED 20,000 INDIVIDUALS IN THE TRIANGLE AREA.