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Is your child in a summer reading slump? We’ve got you covered: Forty books have been added to our Unified English Braille (UEB) Literacy Expansion Program.

To order a book, view the inventory PDF on the...

As the school year ends, MDE-LIO encourages teachers to return unused American Printing House for the Blind (APH) products so they can be available for others to borrow. Due to the high value of APH products, we would like to remind teachers to properly package every...

If you order braille textbooks for students from MDE-LIO, you and your students might start noticing that the text and accompanying graphics are extra crisp.

MDE-LIO recently began using four new American Thermoform machines, which are used to reproduce braille...

Education Consultant Lynn Pensari retired after 25 years of teaching and five years of supporting educators and families at MDE-LIO.

At MDE-LIO, Lynn served as a leader for the cortical visual impairment team, conducting statewide training and assisting with...

This summer, 35 Michigan libraries will participate in the Braille Enhanced StoryWalk® program, giving children and their families a chance to read books via braille or written text as they walk along an outdoor path. MDE-LIO's braille production team will provide the...

MDE-LIO would like to welcome Amy Shepherd as a new Parent Liaison. She will work part-time with families and MDE-LIO consultants to create more collaborative opportunities to help support students who are Blind/Visually Impaired.

Amy received her bachelor’s...

When teachers return a borrowed American Printing House for the Blind (APH) product to MDE-LIO this summer, they’ll have a chance to browse APH rummage products to take back to their district.

To return borrowed APH products, set up an appointment with APH...

On May 10, nearly two dozen middle school students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (DHH) gathered in Detroit to get a handle on their budgets and expenses.

Not their actual budgets and expenses, of course.

The students were at...

This year’s summer reading program is out of this world! The program features a space theme and runs June 24 through August 4. All components of the program are designed to be completed at home, so all students across Michigan can participate. More information will be...

An inventory list of our Unified English Braille (UEB) leisure books is available just in time for summer reading.

From authors such as Shel Silverstein and Roald Dahl to Judy Blume and John Green, our UEB library offers something for everyone—and it continues to...