Director, Technical Assistance
Project Director, NIMAS Development Center
Co-Director, AIM Consortium
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Skip Stahl is CAST’s Director of Technical Assistance and is Project Director for the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) Development Center, Chair of the NIMAS Standard Board, and Co-Director of the AIM (Accessible Instructional Materials) Consortium, all funded by the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education. Each of these initiaitives is designed to facilitate, via a national group of committed stakeholders, the timely availability of accessible versions of printed core instructional materials to students with print disabilities.
A nationally recognized expert in Universal Design for Learning, Mr. Stahl has extensive experience in providing professional development and assistance to educators in K–12 and postsecondary settings. As project director for the NIMAS Development Center, he leads a national initiative implementing the transformation of K–12 textbooks into specialized accessible formats for students with print disabilities.
He has consulted with software and curriculum publishers in accessible product design and is the featured presenter in the video “Skip Stahl on Technology and Students with Special Needs,” one of a five-part, award-winning series on "Technology in Today’s Classrooms," produced by Canter & Associates.
Mr. Stahl is the author of over twenty articles published in peer-reviewed, popular, and trade publications. He is a consultant for a number of national elementary, secondary, and higher education initiatives focused on Universal Design for Learning.
He received a B.A. in English Literature from Bard College and an M.S. from Bank Street College of Education.
Selected Publications
Hall, T. & Stahl, S. (2006). Using Universal Design for Learning to expand access to higher education. In M. Adams & S. Brown (Eds.), Inclusive Learning in Higher Education. London: RoutledgeFalmer.
Pisha, B. & Stahl, S. (2006). The promise of new learning environments for students with disabilities. In D. Rose & A. Meyer (Eds.), A Practical Reader in Universal Design for Learning (pp. 85-101). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
Rose, D. H., Hasselbring, T. S., Stahl, S., & Zabala, J. (2004). Assistive technology and Universal Design for Learning: Two sides of the same coin. In D. Edyburn, K. Higgins, & R. Boone (Eds), Handbook of Special Education Technology Research and Practice. Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin: Knowledge by Design, Inc.
Stahl, S. (2004). The promise of accessible textbooks: Increased achievement for all students. National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum (NCAC), Wakefield, MA.
Rose, D. & Stahl, S. (2003). The NFF: A national file format for accessible instructional materials. Journal of Special Education Technology, (18)2.
Pisha, B., Hitchcock, C., & Stahl, S. (2003). Assistive technologies resource list. Perspectives, 29 (4), 14–18.
Hitchcock, C. & Stahl, S. (2003). Assistive technology, universal design, Universal Design for Learning: Improved opportunities. Journal of Special Education Technology, (18)4.
Stahl, S. & Aronica, M. (2002). Digital text in the classroom. Journal of Special Education Technology, (17)2.
Stahl, S. & Branaman, J. (2000). Automatic accommodations: The potential of online learning for all students. Student Affairs Online, 1 (1).
Stahl, S. Technology and students with special needs. (Video). (1998). Canter and Associates, Inc., Santa Monica, CA.
Follansbee, S., Hughes, B., Pisha, B., & Stahl, S. (1997). Can online communications improve student performance? Results of a controlled study. ERS Spectrum, 15 (1), 15–26.
Follansbee, S., Gilsdorf, N., & Stahl, S. (1996). The role of online communications in schools: A national study. Council of Great City Schools, Washington, DC.
