The "Books" of the Future

This week I read two readings, Books for All: Accessible Curriculum Materails For Pupils with Additional Support Needs and The Battle to Define the future of the Book in a Digital World by Clifford Lynch. These articles discussed a very relevant topic, especially for teacher's who are going to teach children that have special needs. This topic was how are digital books developing and changing not only reading but how a readers read. I think digital books are the books of the now, this can be seen in how often audio books are used in our society. I think teachers are just now realizing that audio books can be a great resource for students who are struggling with reading. Some people think that by listening to a book you are not reading. This  is not true because you can follow along with the audio and even if you're not you are still getting the exposure to the text and its vocabulary. Audio books help many children who have special needs, like children with learning disabilities, blind children, children with fine motor skills, and many more. Digital books can also aid in the general education classroom because it is a different resource children can use to help them understand a difficult text. Overall I think digital books will continue to expand and be used more often in schools, until it becomes a normal occurrence.