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1. Accessible Instructional
Materials (AIM)
AT Bootcamp
ATIA 2013
Behnke, Marotta, & Wojcik

2. Agenda
 Video Overview
 A Roadmap for Accessible Instructional
Materials (AIM)
 Eligibility
 Print Disability
 Specialized Formats
 Acquisition of AIM
 AIM Navigator
 Resources
 Comments and Suggestions

3. Review Video
“AIM Simply Said” by the National Center
on AIM
http://aim.cast.org/learn/accessiblemedia/
allaboutaim

4. The Texas Road Map for
Accessible Instructional Materials
 Developed to help give a visual
 GPS to help you navigate the way through
accessible instructional
material acquisition
 Provides 2 routes:
Eligibility and acquisition
routes

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6. Federal Eligibility
1. Blind persons: visual acuity is 20/200 or
less in the better eye with correction or
visual field no greater than 20°
2. Persons certified by competent authority:
even with correction, visual disability is
preventing the reading of standard
printed materials

7. Federal Eligibility
3. Persons certified by competent authority:
unable to read or use standard printed
materials due to physical limitations
4. Persons certified by competent authority:
have reading disability resulting from
organic dysfunction and of sufficient
severity to prevent their reading of
printed materials in a normal manner

8. Print Disability
 Student /child is not able to use standard
print materials
 Frequently the result of a visual
impairment, physical disability or reading
disability
 Meets copyright criteria for specialized
formats
 Federal definition of “Print Disability”

9. Accessible Instructional Materials
 Included in IDEA 2004
 Requires that core instructional materials
be provided in a timely manner in
specialized formats when needed by
students with disabilities
 4 specialized formats: Braille, large print,
audio and digital text

10. Braille
 Tactile literacy medium used by
learners who are blind
 Uses six dots, presented in various
combinations, to represent text, numbers,
punctuation, and special signs and symbols
 Can be accessed using technology such as a
PDA (e.g. note-taker) or braille display

11. Large Print

Serif Font
Enlarged copy of regular-print-sized materials
Facilitates ease of reading for learners with
Sans-serif

low vision
 At least 18 point and larger
 Readability depends on font type, use of
white space and other features
(e.g. bold or underline vs. italicized text)
 APH Print Guidelines for Document Design
www.aph.org/edresearch/lpguide.htm

12. Audio
 Sound files
 Does not include text
 Includes recorded files, usually saved as
Wave or MP3 files
 Files can be accessed using the computer
(e.g. Windows Media Player) or portable
media players (e.g. iPod, Book Port Plus,
VictorReader Stratus)

13. Digital Text
 May be referred to as electronic text
or e-text
 Provides visual and auditory supports
 Available in various formats such as online
HTML or EPub
 Can be accessed using specialized software
(e.g. Read Hear™) or hardware (e.g. Apex,
VictorReader Stratus, VictorReader Stream)

14. Authorized Users for NIMAC
 Authorized Users (AUs) of the NIMAC have
direct access to the NIMAC to download
NIMAS file sets or assign NIMAS file sets for
download by Accessible Media Producers
(AMPs) who are registered with the NIMAC.
 Bookshare
 Learning Ally

15. Publishers and Others
 American Printing House for the Blind is also
a federally-funded Accessible Media
Provider
 Accessible materials can also be purchased
from publishers (e.g. Pearson) and other
commercial resources
 Top 10 questions to ask publishers

16. What do you currently do for accessing AIM?
Review the top 10 questions to ask publishers.
Group or Indivdiual Activity

17. Determination of Materials
Things to consider:
 Learner’s needs
 Recommendations from personnel
 Availability
 Implementation and support
 Parental involvement
 Environments
 Technologies

18. AIM Navigator
 Interactive tool to facilitate the process of
decision-making of AIM for individual learners
 Process consists of 4 major decision points:
 determination of need
 selection of format(s)
 acquisition of format(s)
 selection of supports for use
 Useful resources provided to
help guide the ARD committee
http://aim.cast.org/experience/decision-making_tools/aim_navigator