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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Featured Resources

Free and On-Demand! The AT Consideration Series: Beyond the Checkbox

A six‑part webinar series guides IEP teams through the AT Decision‑Making Tool to strengthen assistive technology consideration. Earn contact hours.

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.

AT Consideration

The interactive ATDMT guides educational teams in considering the need for AT and AEM for students with disabilities one step at a time. Create student profiles, access embedded resources, and carry decisions into the IEP.

Tech Access Talks

Join OCALI’s AT&AEM Center from September to December and learn how technology can support access, participation, and independence from universal classroom tools to individualized assistive technology. Each month offers a different topic of discussion.

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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 lending library has several eye gaze options including full systems that include access to communication software, computer access, or options for a portable device that attaches to your computer and monitor. Search “eye gaze” in the lending library to view available options.

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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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