Nonprofit audiobook organization expands efforts for blind, dyslexic veterans
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Just in time for Memorial Day, the national Recording for Blind & Dyslexic is trying to expand its outreach efforts for all the young veterans coming home with combat injuries that affect their abilities to read standard print.
The 60-year-old nonprofit organization has distributed a public service announcement about the campaign, starring retired 
Marine Cpl. Michael Jernigan, blinded by a roadside bomb while serving in Iraq. Jernigan, recently featured in HBO’s Alive Day Memories documentary, is now attending Northern Virginia Community College with help from RFB&D audio textbooks.
Founded in 1948 to help World War II soldiers who were blinded attend college via the GI Bill, RFB&D now serves more than 185,000 people nationwide with various print disabilities, including visual impairments and dyslexia. Due to medical advances, today’s soldiers are increasingly surviving serious combat injuries; according to the Department of Veterans Affairs, more than one million American veterans now have either a visual impairment or another type of print disability.
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on Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 at 5:30 am by Nicole Neroulias. 
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