NIMAS Resources for TVIs
National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC)
1839 Frankfort Ave. Louisville, KY 40206-0085 ● Ph.: (502) 899-2230
Web site: http://www.nimac.us ● Email:
NIMAS: An Opportunity for Educational Publishers:
http://www.inm.com/resource-center/en/white-paper/nimas-rsi-inm.pdf
NIMAS FAQ: http://nimas.cast.org/about/faq/index.html
NIMAS Guidance Memo (NYS): http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/persprep/NIMAS.pdf
NIMAS Guidelines Checklist (A self-assessment tool for states and schools):
http://nimas.cast.org/about/resources/sea_sped.html or
http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=58&TopicID=255&DocumentID=2943 or request by e-mail to
NIMAS History and Resources: www.afb.org/nimas.asp
NIMAS Home page: http://nimas.cast.org/index.html
NIMAS, NIMAC and eBooks: Request by e-mail to
NIMAS-NIMAC Glossary: http://nimas.cast.org/about/resources/nimas_nimac_glossary.html
NIMAS-NIMAC Workflow: http://nimas.cast.org/center/presentations/index.html (see right sidebar)
NIMAS Resources (1/17/07): http://nimas.cast.org/center/presentations/index.html (see right sidebar)
Moving Forward with Technology Webinar Series
The Moving Forward with Technology Webinar series offers key information about implementing technology in education. Sessions are presented live and online by national leaders in the field. This Webinar series is an outreach collaboration between Don Johnston and CITEd. More information can be found at http://www.cited.org/webinars.html . Sessions include an overview of Universal Design for Learning and interactive website tools, as well as Accessible Instructional Materials 101 by Joy Zabala and Diana Foster Carl from the AIM Consortium at CAST. Archived presentations include:
- Finding the Technology that Supports Your Reading, Math, and Writing Instruction
- NIMAS: Implementation Issues and Solutions
- NIMAS 101: What You Need to Know
…and more! A good resource for those providing AIM!
Board of Education responsibilities: http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/lawsandregs/sect2002.htm
Free BookShare version of Read:OutLoud available for NIMAS-eligible students! – see http://www.bookshare.org/about/membershipQualifications - eligible members will be informed of this offer. Note that this version will only work on BookShare.org books. The paid version works on other electronic books.
http://www.donjohnston.com/prof_services/nimas/index.html
http://www.donjohnston.com/products/read_outloud/index.html
or contact the folks at Don Johnston (800) 999-4660 : Laura Gray ext. 566 or Brenda Bender ext. 555
Blind Students’ Literacy Rights and Education Act:
http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/lsn/rtoolp7.htm
http://www.tsbvi.edu/textbooks/afb/ny-brl-literacy.htm
Braille on the IEP, IDEA (PL 105-17) Regulations:
http://nfb.org/legacy/law/braliep.htm
http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdesped/download/pdf/blv-BrailleVIS_LawRequirements.pdf
Chapter 219 - Alternate Format Materials Handbook for Postsecondary Disability Service Providers in NYS: http://www.tc3.edu/bcl/altformhandbook/#219 – prepare students for what to expect in college with regard to alternate format textbooks and materials.
See http://www.udleditions.cast.org for a sample of an accessible interactive text. Ask publishers for digital versions with built-in learning supports usable with Natural Reader http://www.naturalreaders.com/, Thunder Reader http://www.screenreader.net/ , or other free download screen readers.
Some great sources of digital text include the following (from slide #16 of NIMAS for TVIs):
– Accessible Book Collection - http://www.accessiblebookcollection.org/Default.htm
- Alternate Media Exchange (Amex) Database - http://www.amxdb.net
- AltFormat Solutions - http://www.altformatsolutions.com/
– American Printing House for the Blind - http://www.aph.org
– Bookshare.org - http://www.bookshare.org and http://www.bookshare.org/readingTools
- DigiLifeMedia, LLC – http://www.digilifemedia.biz
- Excellent Accessible Book List at TLWMN –
http://www.alltogetherwecan.com/2008/02/14/excellent-accessible-book-list-at-tlwmn-blog/
– Project Gutenberg - http://www.gutenberg.org
- Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic - http://www.rfbd.org