Tar Heel Reader | Navigate Life Texas

This website has been designed to allow students to use a variety of alternative access methods to make book choices and to page forward and backwards through books.
The site can be accessed through a mouse, touch screen, alternative pointing devices, Alternative or Augmentative Communication (AAC) devices with serial output, the IntelliKeys or with switches.
Tar Heel Reader has books for adolescents and adults as well as books for young beginning readers. It fills a need to address the literacy learning needs of learners of all ages with disabilities.
You may also write your own books using pictures from the huge collection at Flickr or pictures you upload.
All books should be complete, edited, and revised to the best of your ability before publishing them to the site.

Location

Online Only Service

Type of Organization	University of North Carolina
Categories	CSHCN Activity, Resource/Lending Library, Sibling Activity, Teen Activity, Other
Spanish Services Offered?	No
Newsletter?	No
Child Care Available?	No
Age Range	3 - 5, 6 - 11, 12 - 14, 15 - 21, 22 and up
Disability Categories	Developmental Disability, Genetic Disorder, Intellectual Disability, Learning Disability, Medical Condition, Mental Health Disorder, Physical Disability
This organization pertains to all disabilities?	Yes
This organization pertains to these specific diagnoses
Is this a statewide service?	Yes
Website	https://www.med.unc.edu/ahs/clds/projects/copy_of_tar-heel-reader
Contact Name
Email Address	clds@unc.edu
Phone Number	919-966-8566

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