About AMAC
Goals
The Alternative Media Access Center (AMAC) serves individuals with print-related disabilities in a variety of ways.
AMAC summarizes its commitment to excellence across this spectrum with six goals. AMAC's goals are:
- To provide comprehensive support services to students and Disability Service Providers (DSPs) across Georgia.
- To provide academic media in multiple accessible formats to meet the varied needs of students who have physical, sensory and learning print-related disabilities.
- To facilitate the implementation of Universal Design for Learning across Georgia's campuses.
- To facilitate reading research utilizing alternative media and assistive technology by students with physical, sensory and learning print-related disabilities.
- To maximize the University System of Georgia's efforts to serve students with physical, sensory and learning print-related physical disabilities in a cost effective manner.
- To work with private institutions, government organizations, non-profit organizations, private industry, and other agencies serving individuals with physical, sensory and learning print-related disabilities.
Objectives
AMAC's objectives give focus to our goals and guide our daily practice. They are the tasks we must accomplish in order to best
serve our clients. AMAC's objectives are:
- To present information in multiple formats and media including accessible mainstream technology and assistive technology per each student's needs.
- To provide assistive technology evaluations and training and encourage statewide collaboration of technical resources.
- To search for better ways to produce alternative media using technology resources.
- To provide consistent quality of alternative media for students.
- To standardize policies and methods of production.
- To improve timeliness of production with use of high-tech equipment and well-trained staff.
- To lessen investment in technology and personnel infrastructure by centralizing services.
- To establish a formal library database of alternative media.
- To avoid replication of alternative media.
- To leverage state resources in transactions with assistive technology vendors.
- To collaborate and partner with publishers to streamline production of alternative media.
- To provide advocacy and education in implementing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for faculty and Information Technology (IT) providers.