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Comprised of more than 40 organizations, the National UDL Task Force advocates support for UDL in federal, state, and district education policy.

Tucker Bugaj's personal blog showing how he uses technology to support his education.

"Exemplar Text Supports K-12 One of the challenges in providing students with the most significant disabilities with access to the general curriculum is finding materials that link directly to the grade level content, but are written at a level that is accessible. As part of the DLM™ project we have been building a library of companion texts that go with the exemplar texts"

A list of links to support the use of Web 2.0 tools for teaching and learning in the k-12 enviornment.

Directions for how to use CoreScanner Vocabulary from Prentrom

The SAG Foundation promotes education and giving back to our communities. We believe that by working together as performers, and with our partners throughout the entertainment industry, we can create a vibrant and progressive creative landscape where performers can discover inspirations and achieve new levels in a safe and supported environment. - See more at: http://sagfoundation.org/about/who-we-are/#sthash.f6e4RkSL.dpuf

"Parents need to know that We Give Books is an educational site that not only allows children to read for free, but also supports worldwide charities. It is a Pearson Foundation initiative. Members can pick from a variety of organizations that they want to donate to, and each time they read a book, the site in turn donates a book to that charity."

The importance of ensuring that people with AAC needs have communication options when their technology isn't available or appropriate.

This Pinterest site provides links to a goldmine of free story sequence visuals supports.

"finding materials that link directly to the grade level content, but are written at a level that is accessible. "

This PDF created by the LCPS AT team describes how to create MATHLIT Kits, with low tech and high tech resources to support math-themed storybooks.

Story sequence cards provide powerful visual supports for students to express their knowledge. This website provides links to free downloadable story sequence picture cards for a variety of stories.

This site presents training, resources, and information related to early communication assessment and instruction for students with significant disabilities. It is part of a larger effort to address the needs of students with significant disabilities who participate in the alternate assessment across the state of North Carolina. The goal of the larger project is to provide educators with the training, resources, and support they need to meet the needs of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities across three critical domains: Academics, Communication, and Transition.

"We have developed these thematic units to support you in delivering a vibrant and motivating curriculum for learners aged 3-19 with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD). These units are aligned with the Northern Ireland Curriculum."

Pictures provide wonderful visual supports to support content. This cheat sheet created by the Loudoun County Assistive Technology Team shows how to quickly insert pictures in MS Word tables so that they remain the correct width for your table columns...no resizing needed!

Communication books are used as a support for spoken communication (or in the absence of speech), to enable people to get their message across. They may range from very simple formats with few pictures, to extensive books with many pages. Links to resources and ideas bank for communication books and passports.

How to use Read&Write for iPad