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AIM Center at CAST
ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL! A Call to ACTION!
Purchase Accessible
L
earning Materials
The pressure for teachers and schools to “go digital” is reaching a critcal tipping point. Yet,
if digital materials and the technology used to deliver and interact with digital content are
not designed to be usable by all students from the start, many students risk being left behind. The National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials has launched the PALM Initiative to address this concern. We encourage publishers to create and purchasers to demand and purchase accessible, broadly usable learning materials.
How can you help?
»»
Require that all materials purchased
are fully accessible
»»
Incorporate accessibility into your
policies & practices
»»
Include accessibility in contract language
»»
Create lesson plans & units that include accessible materials
»»
Introduce PALM at a staff meeting
»»
Form an accessibility action team
»»
Talk with administrators, technology coordinators, & purchasing coordinators about accessibiltiy
»»
Create an accessibility action group
in your child’s school or district
»»
Inform school administrators about accessibility
»»
Talk with your child’s teacher about accessibility
»»
Talk with other parents & parent
groups about accessibility
»»
Present PALM to your stakeholders
»»
Share the PALM documents through
your networks
»»
Include accessibility in your mission statement
»»
Form an accessibility taskforce
FAMILIES
PURCHASERS
EDUCATORS
ADVOCATES
Created by Michigan’s Integrated Technology Supports based on the work of the:
National Center on AIM at CAST, Inc. | 40 Harvard Mills Square, Suite 3 | Wakefield, MA 01880-3233
By agreeing to deliver the materials marked with “NIMAS” on this contract or purchase order, the publisher agrees to prepare and submit, on or before ___/___ /___ a NIMAS file set to the NIMAC that complies with the terms and procedures set forth by the NIMAC. The publisher also agrees to mark up materials eligible for NIMAS submission that contain mathematical and scientific instructional content by using the MathML3 (refer to latest applicable version) module of the DAISY/NIMAS Structure Guidelines as posted and maintained at the DAISY Consortium web site (http://www.daisy.org/z3986/structure/SG-DAISY3/index.html). Should the vendor be a distributor of the materials and not the publisher, the distributor agrees to notify the publisher immediately of its obligation to submit NIMAS filesets of the purchased products to the NIMAC. The files will be used for the production of alternate formats as permitted under the law for students with print disabilities.
Required Contract Language: NIMAS
Sample Supplemental Contract Language: AIM
Nov 2013
Additional Information: PALM
»»
For more in-depth information on the aspects contained in this document please visit: http://aim.cast.org/learn/practice/palm
»»
The AIM Center at CAST, supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), works with states, technical assistance systems, disability advocates, national associations, technology experts, publishers, content conversion houses, authorized users and accessible media producers to improve the timely delivery of high-quality accessible educational materials to students with disabilities. http://aim.cast.org
Vendor represents that the digital instructional materials delivered under this contract or purchase order conform to, at a minimum, the standards for accessibility as set forth in -
»»
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. § 794d), and its implementing regulations (36 C.F.R. § 1194), or
»»
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 (minimum of Level AA conformance).
Should any portion of the materials not conform to the aforementioned standards of accessibility, vendor agrees to provide a written explanation of the reason for
non-conformance, agrees to provide an accessible version to students who meet the appropriate copyright criteria, and grants permission to modify the digital materials in order to create an accessible version.
http://okabletech.okstate.edu
Provided courtesy of:
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| Title | PALM Flyer_Nov 2013 1 |
| Full text | AIM Center at CAST ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL! A Call to ACTION! Purchase Accessible L earning Materials The pressure for teachers and schools to “go digital” is reaching a critcal tipping point. Yet, if digital materials and the technology used to deliver and interact with digital content are not designed to be usable by all students from the start, many students risk being left behind. The National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials has launched the PALM Initiative to address this concern. We encourage publishers to create and purchasers to demand and purchase accessible, broadly usable learning materials. How can you help? »» Require that all materials purchased are fully accessible »» Incorporate accessibility into your policies & practices »» Include accessibility in contract language »» Create lesson plans & units that include accessible materials »» Introduce PALM at a staff meeting »» Form an accessibility action team »» Talk with administrators, technology coordinators, & purchasing coordinators about accessibiltiy »» Create an accessibility action group in your child’s school or district »» Inform school administrators about accessibility »» Talk with your child’s teacher about accessibility »» Talk with other parents & parent groups about accessibility »» Present PALM to your stakeholders »» Share the PALM documents through your networks »» Include accessibility in your mission statement »» Form an accessibility taskforce FAMILIES PURCHASERS EDUCATORS ADVOCATES Created by Michigan’s Integrated Technology Supports based on the work of the: National Center on AIM at CAST, Inc. | 40 Harvard Mills Square, Suite 3 | Wakefield, MA 01880-3233 By agreeing to deliver the materials marked with “NIMAS” on this contract or purchase order, the publisher agrees to prepare and submit, on or before ___/___ /___ a NIMAS file set to the NIMAC that complies with the terms and procedures set forth by the NIMAC. The publisher also agrees to mark up materials eligible for NIMAS submission that contain mathematical and scientific instructional content by using the MathML3 (refer to latest applicable version) module of the DAISY/NIMAS Structure Guidelines as posted and maintained at the DAISY Consortium web site (http://www.daisy.org/z3986/structure/SG-DAISY3/index.html). Should the vendor be a distributor of the materials and not the publisher, the distributor agrees to notify the publisher immediately of its obligation to submit NIMAS filesets of the purchased products to the NIMAC. The files will be used for the production of alternate formats as permitted under the law for students with print disabilities. Required Contract Language: NIMAS Sample Supplemental Contract Language: AIM Nov 2013 Additional Information: PALM »» For more in-depth information on the aspects contained in this document please visit: http://aim.cast.org/learn/practice/palm »» The AIM Center at CAST, supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), works with states, technical assistance systems, disability advocates, national associations, technology experts, publishers, content conversion houses, authorized users and accessible media producers to improve the timely delivery of high-quality accessible educational materials to students with disabilities. http://aim.cast.org Vendor represents that the digital instructional materials delivered under this contract or purchase order conform to, at a minimum, the standards for accessibility as set forth in - »» Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. § 794d), and its implementing regulations (36 C.F.R. § 1194), or »» Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 (minimum of Level AA conformance). Should any portion of the materials not conform to the aforementioned standards of accessibility, vendor agrees to provide a written explanation of the reason for non-conformance, agrees to provide an accessible version to students who meet the appropriate copyright criteria, and grants permission to modify the digital materials in order to create an accessible version. http://okabletech.okstate.edu Provided courtesy of: |
| Date created | 2014-06-26 |
| Date modified | 2014-06-26 |
