General Resources
Learn more about how to implement a school-wide or district-wide plan to provide accessible instructional materials for students with special needs.
Accessible Textbooks in the K-12 Classroom
Learn more about how to locate and secure alternate format core instructional materials for use with K–12 students with print disabilities.
Accessible Textbooks in the K-12 Classroom II: Selecting Specialized Formats
Learn more about suggested guidelines for determining which alternate formats (and which tools to access them and exploit their flexibility) were best suited to a given student’s print-related challenges.
Learn more about what Accessible Instructional Materials (AIMs) are, what the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard is, what hardware and software is needed to use AIMs, how to locate AIMs, and what the importance of the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) is regarding AIMs.
National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM Center)
Learn more about how to locate and use Accessible Instructional Materials (AIMS) in the classroom.
National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC)
Learn more about the federally-funded, national electronic file repository that makes National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) files available for the production of core print instructional materials in specialized formats.
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
Learn more about how to take advantage of the Library of Congress' free library program of braille and audio materials circulated to eligible borrowers in the United States.