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    AEM Takeaway: Defining the term

    National AEM Center at CAST, 2023

    Build an understanding of what accessibility is and why it is important to have a common understanding of accessibility, especially when working with students with disabilities who require accessible materials and technologies.

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    AEM Takeaway: NIMAS 101. Spotlight: Rachel Shultz: Accessible Educational Materials Specialist, OCALI

    National AEM Center at CAST, 2024

    The National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) is a special source file format that is used to produce a range of accessible formats on behalf of K-12 students with vision impairments and/or print disabilities.

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    AEM Takeaway: NIMAS Procurment. Spotlight: Crystal Patrick: NIMAC Coordinator, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

    National AEM Center at CAST, 2024

    Under IDEA 2004, the authority to require publishers to send files to the NIMAC is entirely in the hands of customers—states and districts. Instructional materials procurement is central to ensuring that the NIMAC will have the files for the materials your students need, when they need them.

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    AEM Takeaway: NIMAS Basics. Spotlight: Jessica Solomon: Senior NIMAS Coordinator, McGraw Hill

    National AEM Center at CAST, 2024

    The National Instructional Materials Access Center supports K-12 students who require braille and other accessible formats by providing states with a national source file repository to help expedite the production of these formats. In this video, you will explore the basics of NIMAC and develop a better understanding of the process.

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    Senior Technical Assistance Advisor

    Joy Smiley Zabala was a leading expert on the use of assistive technology (AT) to improve education for people with disabilities. As a technologist, special educator, teacher trainer, and conference speaker, Dr. Zabala earned international recognition ...

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    Administrative Coordinator

  • Photo of Joy Zabala holding her OCALI award

    Tuesday, November 22, 2016

    On Thursday, November 17 at OCALICON 2016 held in Columbus, OH, Joy Zabala, CAST's Director of Technical Assistance and Co-Director of the National Center on Accessible Educational Materials, was one of the recipients of the 2016 OCALI Awards.

  • Podcast
    The Accessible Learning Experience | CAST, Illustrations of a microphone, sound waves, digital text, and wifi

    National AEM Center at CAST, 2023

    In this Season 2 bonus episode, we interview two members of the South Carolina Department of Education and discuss how they improved digital accessibility within the agency and for districts across the state.

  • Podcast
    The Accessible Learning Experience | CAST, Illustrations of a microphone, sound waves, digital text, and wifi

    National AEM Center at CAST, 2021

    In the conclusion of our three-part series exploring the history of accessibility at CAST, co-founders Skip Stahl and David Rose reflect on how that history continues to inspire and inform the work of the technical assistance centers based at CAST.

  • Webinar
    Photos of Cynthia Curry & Joy Zabala

    3:00PM – 4:00PM ET on Monday, May 11, 2020

    Join us for this webinar as we take a deep dive into (1) distinguishing the meanings of "accessibility" and (2) clarifying what it means in the context of access for students with disabilities.

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