AT+Resources

This page provides you with a list of resources related to assistive technology. Please feel free to add your own resources to this list.

**AT & Legislation**
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act []

Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 [|http://idea.ed.gov]

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 []

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) [|http://www.ada.gov]

Assistive Technology Act of 1998 []

Assistive Technology Act of 2004 [|http://www.ataporg.org]

More on Assistive Technology Act of 1998 []

Telecommunications Act of 1996 []


 * IDEA-Related NIMAS/NIMAC Information: **

- NIMAS is designed to make it easier and faster to obtain __accessible instructional materials__ (AIM).

- The U.S. Congress adopted the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) as part of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004.NIMAS legislates that one standard is to be used in translating educational materials into an electronic format. NIMAC provides a central depository for those materials from which states then designate Authorized Users (AU) as contacts for Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to be able to access materials for those students who may be blind or visually impaired or have a print disability.

- 4 AUs:


 * o __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Illinois Instructional Materials Center __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> (1850 West Roosevelt, Chicago, Illinois 60608)
 * § <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Purchase and distribute on a statewide basis Braille and large-print books, adapted materials, and assistive technology equipment for students with visual disabilities. They serve elementary, secondary, and post-secondary students with visual impairments
 * o __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Infinitec __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> (Tinley Park)
 * § <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Provides access to NIMAS files for K-12 students throughout the state. … For students with print disabilities; for members of the Infinitec AT coalition, it provides "InfiniTEXT", an online repository containing electronic versions of thousands of common textbooks and other instructional materials.
 * o __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Learning Ally/Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> (RFB&D) (NJ)
 * § <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Print disability or Blind/Visually Impaired
 * § <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Learning Ally has a large repository of materials for students with visual and reading impairments by converting printed educational materials into recordings, computerized documents and other accessible formats.
 * o __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Bookshare (CA) __
 * § <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">An online library of digital books for people with print disabilities. It operates under an exception to U.S. copyright law which allows copyrighted digital books to be made available to people with qualifying disabilities.

Low-Tech Solutions
LD Online []

AT Supports for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (Wisconsin AT Initiative) []

AT for Mathematics (Low tech on Page 14) []

AT Training Online Project--Overview of Low-Tech Tools []

Generally Useful Links
A useful website for updated info on AT: http://www.inov8-ed.com/services/assistive-technology/

Voice Thread for K12: http://voicethread.com/products/k12/

Glogster for educators: http://edu.glogster.com/

List of Technologies: Possibilities for AT Evaluation Project

Marblesoft software (early learning; autism; etc.) http://www.marblesoft.com/products.php?group=1