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An important Announcement in the Scottish Parliament 

On May 18th 2008 Adam Ingram , the Minister for Children and Early Years, made this statement in the Scottish Parliament;

• “One of the biggest stumbling blocks in our schools is related to copyright legislation. Until April 2008, the schools copyright licence allowed materials to be adapted only for those with visual or physical impairment. From April, the Copyright Licensing Agency agreed to extend the licence to cover those who are visually impaired or otherwise disabled, which is a much wider definition. That notable achievement for the group will benefit a large number of pupils with a range of needs, including those with dyslexia.”

This is a major step forward that has been long been  advocated by the “Books for All” project. In effect this mweans that staff supporting dyslexics and other print disabled pupils can adapt a book into an accessible for - such as  using it with text to speech in WordTalk - without the need to request the permission of the copyright holder.

To read the whole debate click here;