Statutory Requirements for States and Local Education Agencies

NIMAS in IDEA 2004 Regulations Summary http://nimas.cast.org/about/regulations/osep_summary.html

Idea.ed.gov: National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) Module

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The Copyright Conundrum

Resources for determining student eligibility:

Who is Eligible? http://www.loc.gov/nls/eligible.html

What About Reading Disability? http://www.loc.gov/nls/reference/factsheets/readingdisabilities.html

The Copyright Conundrum , From Accessible Textbooks in the Classroom, http://nimas.cast.org/about/resources/accessible_textbooks.html#support_district_copy

Selecting and Using Specialized Formats I

Learning Through Listening, www.rfbd.org

• RFB&D membership form (PDF) at http://www.rfbd.org/instapp.pdf

Bookshare for Education (PowerPoint Presentation), www.bookshare.org

• Bookshare.org Membership Agreement

Selecting and Using Specialized Formats II

Creating student-ready materials; and selecting assistive technologies:

CAST NIMAS Conversion Tool, http://nimas.cast.org/about/resources/conversion_tool.html

DTBMaker, http://w3.wmcnet.org/dtbmaker/

NIMAS/DAISY Readers: Read OutLoud, gh Player; Kurzweil, TextHelp

DAISY Playback Tools, http://www.daisy.org/tools/tools.shtml?Cat=playback

CAST UDL Book Builder

Accessible Instructional Materials and the IEP

State and local education agencies are encouraged to include language relating to a student's need for accessible, alternate format versions of print instructional materials in the IEP; see this suggested approach from the NIMAS Development and Technical Assistance Centers

Accessible Instructional Materials and the IEP

Resources & Bibliography

Resources

Supported Reading Software 2008 (doc) - a comprehensive overview of fee to free text readers

Text to MP# Conversion (doc) - resources for creating MP3 audio files

Commercial Sources of eText (doc) - a non-exhaustive listing of commerical eText products

Accessible File Formats in School Environments, from AccessIT at the University of Washington

Bibliography

Balajthy, E., (2005) Text-to-Speech Software for Helping Struggling Readers, Reading Online. A meta-analysis of research on the effects of TTS software with struggling readers.

Duffield, J. & Wahl, L., (2005) Using Flexible Technology to Meet the Needs of Diverse Learners: What Teachers Can Do, WestEd, http://www.wested.org/cs/tdl/view/lib/2484.

Stahl, S. (2004). The promise of accessible textbooks: Increased achievement for all students National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum (NCAC), Wakefield, MA.

Stahl, S. (2006). Accessible Textbooks in the Classroom. The NIMAS Development & Technical Assistance Centers, Wakefield, MA.

Stahl, S. (2008), Accessible Textbooks in the Classroom II. The NIMAS Development & Technical AssistanceCenters, Wakefield, MA.