{"id":195,"date":"2025-06-11T15:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T21:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disabilityministries\/?p=195"},"modified":"2025-06-11T15:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T21:05:12","slug":"resources-available-for-the-blind-visually-impaired-and-print-disabled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disabilityministries\/resources-available-for-the-blind-visually-impaired-and-print-disabled\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources Available for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Print-Disabled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi friends!<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s post links with our upcoming newsletter. Be sure to check out Rev. Peter Heide&#8217;s interview below, and go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.elca.org\/elca-email-signup\">Evangelical Lutheran Church in America <\/a>newsletter sign up page and subscribe to receive our next and future newsletters! \ud83d\ude42 Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Rev. Lisa Heffernan,coordinator<\/p>\n<p>The following resources enable Braille readers to lead worship more easily and to participate fully in impromptu hymn sings. Users of other formats will also have increased access to worship resources.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The National Library Service (NLS): Without charge, individuals can receive both a digital talking-book player and a 20-cell, refreshable Braille\u00a0<em>eReader<\/em>. Martin Luther\u2019s Small Catechism and several translations of the Bible are available.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/nls\/\">NLS at the Library of Congress<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0 electronic Braille edition\u00a0of <em>Evangelical Lutheran Worship<\/em> (<em>ELW<\/em>), ISBN 9781506445793, is now available from Bookshare, an independent provider of materials in EPUB scalable font, DAISY synthetic voice and BRF (Braille Ready Format). <em>ELW<\/em> was uploaded thanks to proofreading work completed by Terry Gorman, a friend of the Disability Ministries advisory team. All material from the large-print edition \u2014 liturgy, psalms and hymns \u2014 is included.\n<ul>\n<li>Listen to an audio interview with Gorman, conducted by the Rev. 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