Simon Technology Center
Educational Universal Design
Thursday, September 23, Live Teleconference on Accessible Textbooks

PACER's Simon Technology Center is pleased to host a live teleconference on
accessible information technology in K-12 settings.

Parent advocates, parents, and educators are encouraged to participate in
the free teleconference focusing on access to the curriculum through
accessible information technology in schools.

PACER Simon Technology Center and Great Lakes ADA & IT Center Invite you to
a free teleconference event:

Accessible Textbooks in Schools: A State and National Progress Report

Thursday, September 23, 2004 1-2:15pm ET, 12noon-1:15pm CT, 10am-11:15am PT

This teleconference will focus on current state and national initiatives to
improve access to instructional materials for students with print
disabilities.

Guest presenters, Steve Noble with the Kentucky Assistive Technology Service
Network and Linnie Lee from the Kentucky Department of Education, will
discuss Kentucky's roadmap to implementation of state legislation mandating
the availability of accessible instructional materials in K-12 and
post-secondary educational settings in Kentucky. They will also touch on the
differences between the Kentucky accessible materials legislation and that
of other states around the country.

Guest presenter Skip Stahl with the National Center for Accessing the
General Curriculum at CAST will comment on the recent landmark endorsement
of the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) by
the U.S. Department of Education. The voluntary standard will guide the
production and electronic distribution of flexible digital instructional
materials such as textbooks so they can be more easily converted to a
variety of accessible formats, including Braille and text-to-speech.

The teleconference is free, but space is limited. Pre-registration for the
teleconference is required by September 21, 2004. Register online at
http://www.pacer.org/workshops/#ada or call the PACER Center at 952-838-9000
(voice);
952-838-0190 (TTY). Registered participants will be contacted via email or
telephone with the teleconference call-in number and other necessary
information.

Captioning services will be provided by Caption Colorado. Please make
accommodation requests at the time of registration.

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