Accessibility is the Key to Unlocking Potential

At the Assistive Technology & Accessible Educational Materials (AT&AEM) Center, we are committed to ensuring access for all people with disabilities. The center promotes accessibility and personalization, creates and disseminates accessible materials and offers specialized training and technical assistance.

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AT Consideration

AT Consideration

Are you unsure IF your student or child needs assistive technology or accessible formats? The AT Decision-Making Tool (ATDMT) is for you! Watch the new overview video or complete the fillable PDF.
New SIFTS Vision Domain

New SIFTS Vision Domain

Use the SIFTS Vision Domain to support feature-matching in AT assessments for low vision and blindness, covering needs in a variety of areas.
AEM Online Request Portal and Yearly Federal Quota Registration

AEM Online Request Portal and Yearly Federal Quota Registration

Welcome to our one-stop shop for registering eligible legally blind students for Federal Quota funds and requesting accessible materials for any student with a print disability.
AT Resource Guide

AT Resource Guide

The AT Resource Guide provides an overview of what AT is, goes through the consideration and assessment processes, discusses various funding options for AT, and outlines how to document AT in an IEP. It helps Ohio educational teams understand their obligations to provide AT devices and services to students with disabilities.
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Graduate Credit Available

Earn graduate credit - ATIM makes it easy. ATIM graduate credit courses are self-paced and take place entirely online. No face-to-face meetings are required.

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Lending Library Featured Item

The Proximity Switch Kit includes two different proximity switches. Both have auditory and visual cues that are provided when the switch is activated. The BIG Candy Corn does not require a physical touch from the user to activate. Simply wave a hand or move your body within 1-in. of the switch to activate it. The Honeybee switch is a proximity switch also designed to detect a hand or other solid object placed over the red sensory window.

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Federal Quota

The Federal Quota Program provides specialized educational materials, including textbooks and equipment, to eligible students with visual impairments.

Annually, the AT&AEM Center conducts the Federal Quota Registration of Blind Students in Ohio to identify eligible infants, students, and adults who qualify. Census registration is open the first Monday of January through the end of February.

Submit orders to the AT&AEM Center to access the free supplemental materials for the current and upcoming school year now!

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