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- Begin With Books
- Big Ideas@Berkeley 2014/15 Prize
- Big Ideas@Berkeley 2015/16 Prize
- Book Boost: Access for All Challenge
- EduApp4Syria Prize
- Enabling Writers Prize
- Grant Competition 2011
- Grant Competition 2014
- Leaders for Literacy
- No Lost Generation Summit Tech Prize
- Ready2Read Challenge
- Sign On For Literacy Prize
- Technology to Support Education in Crises & Conflict Prize
- Tracking & Tracing Books Prize
- UnrestrICTed Challenge
… results in Children with Disabilities.
Blog // October 11, 2021Commemorate International Day of the Girl with Grace in Space
By advancing EdTech innovation and solutions--which provide accessible materials and books like Grace in Space--ACR GCD innovators are helping to address gaps and barriers to child literacy.
Blog // September 20, 2021Creation of sign language storybooks expands world of reading and storytime to deaf children and their families
All Children Reading Grand Challenge’s Sign Language Storybook Cohort, including Disabled Persons Organizations, advances inclusive education
Blog // June 30, 2021Q&A with Sergio Ramirez-Mena, new chief of party for All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development
Ramirez-Mena shares vision to improve global child literacy through EdTech innovation
Blog // June 14, 2021Resources for the Blind builds on their All Children Reading project to support more children with disabilities in the Philippines
Funded through USAID, the Gabay project ensures Filipino children who are blind, deaf or deafblind receive language and literacy support and resources beginning at an early age.
Literacy and Learning Without Limits: The Tools You Need to Ensure Children with Disabilities are Included in Your Reading Programs
Learn about open source resources like book creation software, online libraries, books, reading assessments and more, developed by winners of the All Children Reading Grand Challenge.
Blog // May 16, 2021Five innovations to support inclusive education for children with disabilities in low-resource contexts
Learn how to leverage All Children Reading's funded EdTech solutions to support children with disabilities in your education programming.- Blog // March 29, 2021
UnrestrICTed Challenge awarded to three innovators scaling ICT solutions for children with disabilities
eKitabu, Save the Children, and World Education to implement ICT for education solutions—including accessible books, learning apps and teacher training—in Rwanda, Papua New Guinea and Nepal. 
Using Information Communications Technologies to Implement Universal Design for Learning
A working paper from the Global Reading Network for enhancing skills acquisition for students with disabilities.eKitabu
Widening access to books in accessible formats, and working with teachers, community members and caregivers to bring awareness to accessible ICT.Competition
UnrestrICTed Challenge
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Sign language in education is oft forgotten
Since most deaf children in low-resource settings start primary school with little or no language, the role of sign languages is essential for opening the pathway for progression in formal education.
ACR GCD in the News // February 17, 2021Blooming in the time of COVID
ACR GCD awardee SIL LEAD spotlights three ways they have pivoted during COVID-19 to produce resources in more underserved languages and for people with disabilities using Bloom software.
Digital Story Time
Interactive videos featuring sign language storybooks and reading comprehension questions.
Blog // December 11, 2020All Children Reading Grand Challenge creates global standards for sign language storybook production
Developed in collaboration with RIT/NTID, the standards aim to spur sign language storybook creation in more locations and sign languages to support inclusive education
Blog // October 27, 2020All Children Reading Grand Challenge launches COVID-19-themed books in underserved languages on the Global Digital Library
Begin With Books prize awardees develop and translate dozens of accessible, early grade books in 12 languages to support health and virus prevention and social-emotional learning.
Blog // September 4, 2020Three ways you can become part of the solution for 387 million children waiting for the opportunity to learn to read
The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the need for quality EdTech solutions that serve the literacy and learning needs of all children.
Blog // August 27, 2020Three ways you can support the development and use of accessible books for children with disabilities
Free tools for use by publishers, Ministries of Education, and education implementers support inclusive education that benefits all children.
ACR GCD in the News // July 16, 2020Apply Now: Up to $1 Million to Improve Literacy Tech for Children with Disabilities
If we are to realize the ideals of Sustainable Development Goal 4 to provide inclusive and equitable education for all, the learning needs of children with disabilities cannot be overlooked.
Blog // June 25, 2020UnrestrICTed Challenge seeks scalable ICT solutions to improve literacy and learning for children with disabilities
Challenge to award up to $1 million for solutions grounded in Universal Design for Learning for children with disabilities in low-resource contexts.
Blog // May 7, 2020Rochester Institute of Technology to create first local sign language books for children in low-resource regions of Asia, Pacific and Somalia
Begin With Books prize winner will build on platform created through ACR GCD’s Sign On For Literacy prize to create 1,200+ sign language storybooks.
Blog // May 6, 2020eKitabu seeks to transform the production of quality, accessible books in local languages of Africa
Begin With Books prize winner to scale past ACR GCD-funded projects to create 270 accessible books for children in Malawi.
