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INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ACCESSIBILITY ACT
June 5, 2002
SUMMARYThe Society of Academic Authors endorses a bill that requires publishers to submit new learning materials in a standard format for speedy conversion to Braille and other forms for use by pupils with visual handicaps.
Society of Academic Authors
Winona, Minnesota 55987
June 5, 2002
The Honorable Christopher J. Dodd
United States Senate
Washington DC 20510
Dear Senator Dodd:
At the Society of Academic Authors we have followed your work with the Association of American Publishers and other organizations to craft the Instructional Materials Accessibility Act. On behalf of the Society I am writing to thank you and to endorse this important legislation to speed the delivery of learning materials to visually impaired pupils in the nation's classrooms. Please let us know if we at the Society of Academic Authors can assist in prompt committee consideration of this bill and its enactment.
Sincerely,
John Vivian
For the Society of Academic Authors |
Similar messages were sent to other leading sponsors of the bill:Senator Thad Cochran of Massachusetts
Representatives Tom Petri of Wisconsin
Representative George Miller of California As an academic author, you are encouraged to add your individual voice in support of this bill in messages to these members of Congress and to your own senator and representative.
The legislation would establish standardized national electronic file format to be used for the conversion of textbooks and other material into accessible formats; mandate that publishers provide materials to a central repository for timely conversion; fund the national repository responsible for the cataloging, storing and distributing the material; and require states to assure that visually impaired students receive materials at the same time such materials are provided to other students. |
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