National AccessAbility Week banner, May 25-31
 
National AccessAbility Week
...is an annual initiative that begins on the last Sunday in May that offers a meaningful opportunity to explore the ways we can increase accessibility and inclusion in all aspects of public service. For additional details regarding the significance of this week, please see the Government of Canada's website or the Rick Hansen Foundation.
 
 
Quick Links:
Accessible initiatives and collections we offer at ECL
Representation matters!
   Picture Books
   Books for Older Kids
   Books for Mature Kids & Teens
   Books for Adults
 
Book titles in this issue (skip to text only list) 
 
Accessible initiatives and collections we offer at ECL:
Literacy support in a variety of formats:
  • Large Print titles in fiction and non-fiction
  • Audiobooks available as Playaways, Books on CD, Yoto cards & bundles (kids)
  • Dementia friendly reading material
  • Decodable and Dyslexia friendly titles (kids)
  • Read-along collection for kids (Wonderbooks, Book & Playaway kits, Book & CD kits)
  • Healthy Brain Kits (available in in 5 stages to meet the needs of individual abilities and strengths)
Visual accessibility:
  • Partnership with CELA
  • DAISY Players and CD collection
  • Magnifying sheets
  • Portable text reading devices
Staff & services
  • Books2Go: Homebound library delivery service
  • Staff trained in Dementia friendly communities
Digital services
  • Fully accessible website
  • Download platforms for eBook & eAudiobook (Libby) with accessible features
  • Digital newspaper/magazine platform that can read out content
  • Free wifi connection in and outside of all branches
Visit your local ECL branch and staff will be more than happy to answer any questions you might have about any of our accessible initiatives and collections.
 
 
Representation matters!  
We believe that diversity belongs on our shelves and strive to ensure that everyone in Elgin County feels represented in the collections we provide.  Check out these stories that feature characters of all abilities!
 
 
   Picture Books
The boy who found his voice
This is how we play : a celebration of disability and adaptation
The dancing letters
 
 
Addy's chair to everywhere
Having a Disability
Cesaria feels the beat
This is how we talk : a celebration of disability and connection
Butterfly on the wind
   Books for Older Kids
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Books for Mature Kids & Teens
 
 
   Books for Adults
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Book titles in this issue:
Picture Books
The boy who found his voice
This is how we play : a celebration of disability and adaptation
The dancing letters
I am extraordinary
A little like magic
Maybe just ask me!
What happened to you?
Come over to my house
I am odd, I am new
Addy's chair to everywhere
Having a Disability
Cesaria feels the beat
How we play
Keep Your Ears Wide Open
Listening to the Quiet
Lucky me
We are the scrappy ones
Mighty Mara
Signs of friendship
This is how we talk : a celebration of disability and connection
Butterfly on the wind
Four Bad Unicorns
I like you so much : celebrating what makes you, you!
Love, Always
Monster hands
The unstoppable Jamie
A day with no words
 
Books for Mature Kids and Teens
On the bright side
You, me, and our heartstrings
No true believers
A face for Picasso : coming of age with Crouzon syndrome
Sunrise nights
The first thing about you
Where you see yourself
Differently normal
Love Letters for Joy
Breathe and count back from ten
It's my life
Chronically Dolores
Books for Older Kids
No matter the distance
Roll with it
Wonder
The autism detective
The unique Lou Fox
Aven Green, soccer machine
A kind of spark
Ellen outside the lines
Hummingbird
Before the ever after
Please pay attention
Figure it out, Henri Weldon
Flipping forward twisting backward
Frankie and Amelia
Whale eyes
 
Books for Adults
How lucky
The music of bees
The winter wives
The gray house
We are all the same in the dark
More or less Maddy
Interesting facts about space
Always remember
If it rains
Burntcoat
A room called Earth
Fortune favors the dead
Noor
Greek lessons
Just by looking at him
True biz
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
All the little bird-hearts
Hunchback
The kiss quotient
I am I am I am
 
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