National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) 

Utah's Mission Statement

Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) in the State of Utah

NIMAS

What is NIMAS?

What is NIMAC?

What is USIMAC?

Updates 2010-11

February 2011

December 2010

September 2010

Federal and State Laws concerning NIMAS

NIMAS Law

NIMAC Law

USIMAC Law

NIMAS and IDEA

NIMAS Online Information

Explanation of State and Local Education Agency Participation in NIMAS

What Makes a Student Eligible?

AIM Consortium of Utah

AIM Consortium Membership

AIM Guide to Accessible Media Producers (AMPs) Summary Table

NIMAS Information

Quality Indicators for the Provision of Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM)

• Administrative Support of Teachers in the Effective Use of Technology
• Assessment of Assistive Technology Needs
• Assistive Technology Transition
• Consideration of Assistive Technology Needs
• Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Assistive Technology Needs
• Implementation of Assistive Technology Needs
• Including Assistive Technology in the IEP
• Professional Development and Training in Assistive Technology

Critical Components of Quality Indicators for the Provision of AIM

The Purchase Accessible Learning Materials (PALM) Initiative

Module 1 NIMAS - Part A

NIMAS 101

Aiming for Achievement

NIMAS Reading the Fine Print

Podcast at USU

Additional State Education Agency Information

2012 Utah State Board of Education Technology Standards

NIMAS Resources

Online Resources

What is the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS)?

NIMAS Workflow Graphic

Understanding the NIMAS and NIMAC Provisions of IDEA: Analysis of the Term Reading Disability Resulting from Organic Dysfunction and its Relationship to the IDEA Category of Specific Learning Disability

AIM and the Section 504 Plan  

Presentations

Aim for Higher Ground
General information on NIMAS, information on assistive technologies and where to find them

Partners in Bridging the Accessibility Gap
Explains the way the USIMAC is bridging the accessibility gap in schools

Dec. 15, 2009 "Let's Talk - NIMAS Information"
Used in statewide training for educators

NIMAS Implementation Strategies "Where Do You Begin"
American Foundation for the Blind, Mary Ann Siller, M.Ed. and Rick Bowes

2009 TBI Annual Conference "Reading the Fine Print Your Way! Understanding NIMAS"
Addresses the use of NIMAS for students with traumatic brain injury

"Who Qualifies... Who Cares?"
Michigan's Integrated Technology Supports, Ruth Ziolkowski, President, Don Johnston Incorporated

NIMAS Survey

NIMAS 2011 Survey