Accessible Instructional Materials 101: What Teachers, Local Education Agencies and Families Need to Know about NIMAS

AIM Consideration Form and Assistive Technology Checklist

Certification of Eligibility to Receive AIMs

Vermont's AIM Fact Sheets

1. An Introduction to the National Instructional Materials Standard- NIMAS
2. An Introduction to the National Instructional Materials Access Center The NIMAC- for Text Book Materials
3. Vermont's National Accessible Media Producers- AMPs
4. What are LEA Responsibilities?
5. An Introduction to Web-based Digital Libraries

Student Success Vermont's AIM- Help line sheet (PDF) - to be posted soon

• Disabilities and Reading: Understanding the Effects of Disabilities and Their Relationship to Reading Instruction and Assessment
• Exploring Factors That Affect the Accessibility of Reading Comprehension Assessments for Students With Disabilities: A Study of Segmented Text
• Oregon Technology Access Program

Sample Consideration Checklist: Fourth Grader - (PDF download)

Sample Consideration Checklist: Sixth Grader - (PDF download)

Consideration Checklist - (Word document download)

Assistive Technology Resource Guide - (PDF download)

Accessible Textbooks in the Classroom - An Educator's Guide to the Acquisition of Alternate Format Core Learning Materials for Pre-K–12 Students with Print Disabilities

Accessbile Textbooks in the Classroom II - Selecting Specialized Formats

Web Standards, Accessibility and Usability from Penn State - This link contains accessibility tutorials, references and links.

Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology Services - QIAT includes quality indicators, intent statements, and common errors for eight areas important to the development and delivery of assistive technology services. It is the intent of the QIAT Consortium that each area be fully explored because the areas are complementary in nature.

Technology Supports for Struggling Readers (PDF)