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Welcome to the National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials!

This site serves as a resource to state- and district-level educators, parents, publishers, conversion houses, accessible media producers, and others interested in learning more about and implementing AIM and NIMAS.

Learn more About AIM


LEARN

Expand your knowledge about AIM and some of the legal aspects of AIM.

Explore

EXPERIENCE

Interact with AIM through video and other resources. Decide which students benefit from AIM.

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COLLABORATE

Advance AIM initiatives through active participation. Create and share knowledge about AIM.

Participate


AIM Initiatives

AIM Center
The AIM Center works with key stakeholders such as states, districts, and an OSEP-supported network of technical assistance and dissemination projects to support the implementation of NIMAS and effective uses of accessible instructional materials (AIM).

NIMAS Center
The NIMAS Center maintains and updates the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS), which guides the production of digital versions of textbooks and related instructional materials so they can be more easily converted to accessible formats, including Braille and text-to-speech.

AIM Consortium
The 15-state AIM Consortium explored ways to improve the quality, availability, and timely delivery of accessible instructional materials to K–12 students with print disabilities. Knowledge acquired and products developed have been incorporated within this new National Center on AIM web site.

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HIGHLIGHTS

AIM IN YOUR STATE
What is your state doing?


AIM for Families

 

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Last Updated: 03/01/2010

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IDEAs that Work

The AIM and NIMAS Centers, supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP),
works with states, TA systems, disability advocates, national associations, technology experts, publishers, and content conversion houses to improve the timely delivery of high-quality accessible educational materials to students with disabilities. Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the Department of Education's position or policy.