Digital books have become standard for kids nowadays. This could be indicated by the statistics of 2022, where over 250.76 million children's books were sold. Of all the genres, fictional books dominated the category sales, with over 184 million copies sold in 2022. Amidst the rising trend of digital books, one controversial claim people make is that the former isn't similar … [Read more...] about Fair and Impartial: Here’s How Digital Books Benefits Children
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Amazon Deletes Books Promoting “Cures” for Autism, Anti-Vax Content
These are uncertain times for people peddling pseudoscience on some of the internet's largest and farthest-reaching platforms. Amazon and Facebook have both begun their crackdowns on books or advertisements that promote unproven medical information, as some authors have already discovered. The first are books that promote a "cure" for autism and autism spectrum disorder. The … [Read more...] about Amazon Deletes Books Promoting “Cures” for Autism, Anti-Vax Content
Off the Page: Age-Appropriate eBooks for Readers with Obstacles
Having been a teacher of at-risk high school students, I'm going to go out on a limb and declare a recent innovation by two teachers from New Zealand to be the most game-changing application of publishing in 2015, if not in the entire age of digital publishing. What's so astounding about their project, Off the Page? Have you ever looked at an illiterate twenty-year-old with … [Read more...] about Off the Page: Age-Appropriate eBooks for Readers with Obstacles
WeeSing eBook Promotion for Autism Awareness Month
As the month of April winds down, children’s interactive app book publisher iStoryTime took stock of how its previous free promotion for Autism Awareness Month of the bestselling Meet Biscuit ebook fared in honor of children on the autism spectrum. The developers of award-winning children’s content were so pleased with the response to their giveaway that they have decided to … [Read more...] about WeeSing eBook Promotion for Autism Awareness Month
Powerful Tools for People with Autism
There has never been a better time to be a person who is affected by autism. Whether it is a parent of a special needs child who needs a support community, a teacher seeking the tools to reach a student in her classroom, or the individual himself who falls somewhere on the spectrum, the technology that is available today has translated into greater therapeutic interventions for … [Read more...] about Powerful Tools for People with Autism
E-Readers – Academic Success for Students with Autism
Imagine being a student with autism in a typical elementary school classroom. The environment is overrun with sensory input that you can not ignore. At any given time, a teacher wearing flowery perfume and a garishly colorful outfit is talking in her best projecting voice while standing in front of a whiteboard filled with words written in different colored markers. Students … [Read more...] about E-Readers – Academic Success for Students with Autism