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Resource: New format hastens textbook accessibility

URL: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=5218

Description: Students with disabilities can anticipate faster access to curriculum materials now that the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has formally endorsed a voluntary national publishing paradigm known as the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS). The standard will make it easier to convert traditional textbooks into formats such as Braille or text-to-speech. Read full article at:

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