OUR STORY
From recording textbooks in the basement of the New York City Public Library to a national literacy movement.
Since 1948, Learning Ally has helped students with reading differences become confident readers. We help students with print challenges become confident, capable readers — so a reading difference never limits a life.
Our history
Seventy-seven years of access
1948
Founded recording textbooks for blind WWII veterans.
1990s
Expanded to serve students with dyslexia.
2010s
Launched the digital audiobook app.
Today
24,000 schools and hundreds of thousands of students.
Impact
Impact by the numbers
- students served
- 445,000+
- partner schools
- 24,000
- titles
- 80,000+
- years of impact
- 78
Grounded in Research
Our approach is built on proven reading research, including the Science of Reading — and shown to work in independent studies. Learn more about how we approach our work.
Aligned to Structured LiteracyValidated by efficacy studiesCASE-endorsed