General Resources
- Access Curriculum (http://donjohnston.com/large-scale-universal-design-for-learning-udl-approach-encourages-district-wide-at-use/#.VVunN0b0_-s)
- Learn more about how to implement a school-wide or district-wide plan to provide accessible instructional materials for students with special needs.
- Accessible Text: Guidelines for Good Practice (http://www.callscotland.org.uk/Resources/Books/)
- Learn more about how to produce accessible resources, making learning materials accessible to pupils with disabilities or additional support needs.
- Accessible Textbooks in the K-12 Classroom (http://aim.cast.org/learn/aim4families/school/accessible_textbooks)
- Learn more about how to locate and secure alternate format core instructional materials for use with K–12 students with print disabilities.
- Accessible Textbooks in the K-12 Classroom II: Selecting Specialized Formats (http://aim.cast.org/learn/practice/use/accessible_textbooks_II)
- Learn more about suggested guidelines for determining which alternate formats (and which tools to access them and exploit their flexibility) were best suited to a given student’s print-related challenges.
- CAST Learning Tools (http://cast.org/learningtools/index.html)
- Learn more about the tools that the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) has developed to leverage the power of technology to encourage and engage students. Some tools are free, while others are for pay.
- CITEd Webinar Archives (http://www.cited.org/webinarsArchive.html#accMaterials)
- Learn more about using technology and accessible instructional materials to meet the needs of a diverse student population through the CITEd (Center for Implementing Technology in Education) Webinar Archives.
- An Educator's Guide to Making Textbooks Accessible and Usable for Students with Learning Disabilities (http://www.ldonline.org/article/16310)
- Learn more about what Accessible Instructional Materials (AIMs) are, what the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard is, what hardware and software is needed to use AIMs, how to locate AIMs, and what the importance of the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) is regarding AIMs.
- National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM Center) (http://aim.cast.org/)
- Learn more about how to locate and use Accessible Instructional Materials (AIMS) in the classroom.
- National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC) (http://nimac.us/)
- Learn more about the federally-funded, national electronic file repository that makes National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) files available for the production of core print instructional materials in specialized formats.
- National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) (http://www.loc.gov/nls/)
- Learn more about how to take advantage of the Library of Congress' free library program of braille and audio materials circulated to eligible borrowers in the United States.
- NIMAS Development & Technical Assistance Centers (http://nimas.cast.org/)
- Learn more about the policies, practices, and technologies related to NIMAS (National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard).
- Sources of Accessible Instructional Materials (http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/specialed/aim/resources.htm)
- Find sources for Accessible Instructional Materials (AIMs) for those students who do not qualify to receive KAMD materials but would still benefit from the use of AIMs.
- Teaching Every Student (http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/)
- Learn more about Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
