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Resource for Readers

I've always loved reading! It's allowed me to travel through time and around the world. I chose a legal career with considerable page turning and was in two book clubs before MS. Now reading regular print or much more than an email makes me nauseous. A few years ago, I discovered the National Library Service (NLS). It's a free audiobook service for people with impaired vision, blindness, or a physical, perceptual, or reading disability that prevents them from using regular print materials. Through a national network of cooperating libraries, NLS circulates books and magazines in audio formats, that are instantly downloadable to a personal device or delivered by mail free of charge. (https://www.loc.gov/nls/braille-audio-reading-materials/find-a-local-library/ )
This amazing service allows me to once again read as much as I want. I was even able to increase my social contacts by starting a neighborhood book club. NLS also sponsors special events such as writing contests. Last year I won first place for a short story! As they say at the library, check it out!

  1. Thank you for sharing this awesome resource! I have a legally blind friend that uses this service and she enjoys it so much. Thanks again for sharing!


    Best, Erin, MultipleSclerosis.net Team Member.

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