Help with Bible

[alexier]

I wonder if you could help me. In church there is a young man of 15 who was confirmed the other day and has severe learning difficulties.
Anyway he desp wants a Bible but his mum doesn't know which one to get that will be suitable for him, at the moment she is considering the comic book Bible as she doesn't want one with 'kids' on the front.
I'm just wondering if there is a Bible anywhere that is suitable for people with learning difficulties, I know in the Uk there are limited styles but in the US for example, there are many different types.

Any help gratefully accepted!

Lexie xx

 

[Barnabas71]

Hi just did a quike five second search on google. See what you think. I suffer with dyslexia and know the struggle it can be at times. But I am fortunate that it has not impacted on my reading abiltys to any significant extent. Spelling is something else as you can see. In this corner of CF i can get away with it without the fear of what people may think.

The Bible Source


Good luck.

 

[alexier]

Thankyou so much - I shall go and take a look

 

[lifeknowingjesus]

I wonder if you could help me. In church there is a young man of 15 who was confirmed the other day and has severe learning difficulties.
Anyway he desp wants a Bible but his mum doesn't know which one to get that will be suitable for him, at the moment she is considering the comic book Bible as she doesn't want one with 'kids' on the front.
I'm just wondering if there is a Bible anywhere that is suitable for people with learning difficulties, I know in the Uk there are limited styles but in the US for example, there are many different types.

Any help gratefully accepted!

Lexie xx

How sweet of you to try to help him.

What about an audio bible? If he has trouble reading, maybe he would like to listen to the bible instead. I know I a couple of people that own one and love it.

Or you might get him a large print bible, for easier reading.

 

[alexier]

Thanks for that - Yes! I agree the audio bible is the way to go!

 

[vespasia]

Alexi- both E-sword/G-sword and similar e-versions of the bible can then be reformated through a program called 'claro-read' and placed onto a digital recorder [Have a look for the DAISY system] this is often far easier to handle and navigate through than audio bibles.

 

[Angeldove97]

A Bible publishing company put together a Bible series called "Bible Prospects" that is meant for people with learning disabilities. It offers simplified wording and large print. (This is a link for their book of Easter: Scripture Union - Bible Prospects: The Story of Easter )

I'm a teacher, so without knowing too much about what learning disabilities this child has I can only imagine what might work for him. I do really like audio Bible idea too, though I would still be concerned with the translation (some are easier to read than others) and even how the person who is reading the Bible sounds (accents can be difficult). If he's not a strong verbal learner, then an audio Bible would not work well for him.