Sussex Consortium adapts books for easier reading
The Sussex Consortium is in the process of building an adapted book library. Books are adapted to simplify text by summarizing stories or by including picture symbols along with the text. Pages may also be altered so they are more easily turned. The Adapted Book Library will be housed in the Fredrick D. Thomas building in Lewes for use with Sussex Consortium students. Speech-language pathologist Marisa Wengryn and student Travis Pusey read a book from the Sussex Consortium’s Adapted Book Library.
Melissa Steele is a staff writer covering the state Legislature, government and police. Her newspaper career spans more than 30 years and includes working for the Delaware State News, Burlington County Times, The News Journal, Dover Post and Milford Beacon before coming to the Cape Gazette in 2012. Her work has received numerous awards, most notably a Pulitzer Prize-adjudicated investigative piece, and a runner-up for the MDDC James S. Keat Freedom of Information Award.
