Digital Talking Books are here!

How many children in America are not taught to read? The answer is 90 percent if the children are blind.  Most Americans are shocked to hear this statistic.  And we should be.  The blind read and write using Braille, so why is our educational system failing to teach Braille to so many children?  Why are these children being denied the opportunities that come with a proper education?  What if you could not read and write?  Where would you be today? 

Thirteen-year-old Shelby Craig is from Summerville, South Carolina, but has been to Detroit fifty-five times.  She has been making the trip once or twice a year since she was six-weeks-old to visit her eye doctor, Dr. Michael Trese.  A pediatric retinal specialist with Beaumont Hospital, Dr. Trese sees children from all over the world.  Shelby speaks very highly of her doctor.  “Knowing Dr. Trese, I don’t think there isn’t anyone he can’t get along with.”