Mr. Brown is special. Ever since he used to be a tiny kid, everybody knew Mr. Brown was changed. But that was ok, because Mr. Brown lit up the room whenever he looked inside a room to say hi. Yes, Mr. Brown isn't like all the others. Mr. Brown has down-syndrome, which makes it tough for him to hear. But that does not stop Mr. Brown from being the person he will be able to be. And even with his learning incapacities, Mr. Brown has found the way to at least partly overcome his issues thru alternative learning methods.

Mr. Brown is a testament that with hard work and patience, even those with bad learning disabilities can overcome these hurdles to learn about the planet. When asked about the wizardry behind Mr. Brown's amazing feats, Brown responses with one word. "Audio books." Often people will give him a quizzical look and wonder what he means, at least to start. So Mr. Brown will pull out his iPod and give an earpiece to the questioner, and then he'll switch on the volume. He likes Jane Austin's guide to good manners, he's listened to it over 12 times now, and everytime he tries to take away something new from Austin's book.

Audio books actually were the turn around for Mr. Brown. If you were to chat to Mr. Brown today, it would be hard to inform he had a disability at all, excepting the fact that his face obviously is like that of a man with an extra chromosome. He speaks very concisely though, with an articulation and mastery of words not yet seen in any one diagnosed with down-syndrome, and it actually is all thanks to audio books.

Yet, there's an audience beyond that of men and women like Mr. Brown. Audio books also help broaden the horizons of those gifted students that need something to do in their free time. It's not difficult to tell your kid to stop playing Nintendo games. It's harder to help them find something else to do. Audio books can help fill this gap by permitting presented scholars to do a little bit of multi-tasking whilst they do other things. There's nothing like mowing the turf whilst listening to Carl Marx's Das Capital, and that's a fact.

As far as classroom applications go, Audio books can offer something that some scholars actually need : an equalizer. No more do slow readers have to endure the looks of shame as the bookworms read thru a chapter in lightning fast fashion, everyone can read along at the same pace with audio books. Everybody will read at the tempo set by the storyteller, not by the slowest or fastest student. This quality in and of itself allows those that think that they can't perform well in faculty to improve because they believe that they can do it. They can be as good as good as the scholars that will read fast.

The advantages of this equality in the classroom stems beyond reading. It's true that everyone learns in a slightly different way, and everyone has different strengths. But early on, college favors those that may be able to read well, and does not always inspire other fascinating learning styles, for example those that understand learning much better with numbers instead of words.

Audiobooks, when used correctly, really are a universal and. Whether employed in the study room, the home, or on the run, it may be time to give your children something to hear besides M&M, Katy Perry, and Panic! At the disco. Perhaps it's time for a change, give audio books a chance.
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