Accessibility
- Read the press release about Alternative Formats Solutions Initiative (AFSI)
- Publisher Look-Up Service
- Higher Ed Critical Issues Task Force (CITF)
- Higher Ed Critical Issues Task Force (CITF)
Presentations from Accessible Books for Readers With Print Disabilities Seminar (July 28, 2006)
Close to 100 attendees representing publishing houses, educational institutions, disability services organizations, and end users attended AAP's Seminar on Accessible Books for Readers with Print Disabilities on July 28 in New York City. The conference presentations and discussions covered materials used in K-12 and postsecondary instruction, trade books, end user perspectives, and efforts by AAP, its members, and disability services organizations and professionals to address the accessible format needs of people with print disabilities. Please click on the following links to access the slides used by the speakers.
- New York State’s Chapter 219, presented by Bonnie Beacher, The McGraw-Hill Companies
- Bookshare.org Book Submission Process, presented by Janice Carter, Benetech
- Preparing NIMAS Files, presented by Dave Schleppenbach, ATA
- Accessible Textbook Provision in the California State University System, presented by Mary Cheng, California State University
- California Perspectives—California Community Colleges, presented by Gaeir Dietrich, High Tech Center Training
- National Postsecondary E-Text Initiative, presented by Presented by Ron Stewart, AHEAD
- Accessible Instructional Materials at the Postsecondary Level: New York, presented by Heather Malloy, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Serving the print-disabled community through Bookshare.org, presented by Janice Carter, Benetech