SUPPORTERS OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ACCESSIBILITY ACT

The following information appears on web pages of the AFB Solutions Forum and is used with permission.

On Wednesday, June 27, 2001, representatives of the American Council of the Blind, American Foundation for the Blind, American Printing House for the Blind, Association of American Publishers, Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired, National Federation of the Blind, Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, Texas Education Agency, and other major stakeholders of the AFB Solutions Forum reached final agreement on both the text of legislation to take to Capitol Hill and to work collaboratively to achieve its enactment. This legislation will dramatically improve access to instructional materials required for classroom use in elementary and secondary schools.

Adaptive Technology Services, Texas A&M University at College Station
Alternate Text Production Center of the California Community Colleges
American Council of the Blind (ACB)
American Foundation for the Blind, Inc. (AFB)
American Printing House for the Blind (APH)
Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER)
Association of American Publishers (AAP)
Association of Instructional Resource Centers for the Visually Handicapped (AIRCVH)
Association of State Education Consultants for the Visually Impaired (ASECVI)
Braille Authority of North America (BANA)
Braille Institute of America, Inc.
California Department of Education, Clearinghouse for Specialized Media and Technology
California Transcribers and Educators of the Visually Handicapped (CTEVH)
Center for Applied Special Technology, Inc. (CAST)
Computer Application Specialties
Council for Exceptional Children, Division on Visual Impairments (CEC-DVI)
Council of Schools for the Blind (COSB)
Digital Audio-Based Information System Consortium (DAISY)
Duxbury Systems, Inc.
Hadley School for the Blind (HSB)
Helen Keller Services for the Blind
Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired (LSVI)
National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments, Inc. (NAPVI)
National Braille Association (NBA)
National Braille Press (NBP)
National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) at WGBH
National Federation of the Blind (NFB)
New Mexico State University, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Northwest Vista College (San Antonio, Texas)
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D)
TechAdapt, Inc.
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI)
Verizon Communications
Visual Aid Volunteers (VAV)

State and national agencies who are politically unable to endorse federal legislation, but who are in favor of the IMAA:

Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
Texas Educational Agency (TEA)