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**Program Office:**Office of Special Institutions

**CFDA Number:** 84.906**Program Type:** Direct Appropriation**Also Known As:** APH

APH produces and distributes educational materials adapted for students who are legally blind and enrolled informal education programs below the college level. The materials are distributed to public and private nonprofitinstitutions serving individuals who are blind through allotments to the states. The allotments are based on anannual census conducted by APH of the number of students who are legally blind in each state and are provided inthe form of credits. State education agencies (SEAs) and public and private nonprofit institutions serving personswho are blind may order materials free of charge up to the amount of funds allocated to each state for educationalmaterials. APH also uses its appropriation to conduct research related to developing and improving products andprovides advisory services to professional and consumer organizations on the availability and use of materialsproduced by APH. In FY 2008, APH served 58,388 students.

Materials produced by APH include: textbooks in Braille and large type; education tools, such as Brailletypewriters and computer software and hardware; teaching aides, such as tests and performance measures; andother special supplies. APH conducts basic and applied research necessary to develop and improve instructionalmaterials in such areas as Braille reading, science, mathematics, and social studies and to adapt testing materialsrelated to these subject areas. Special materials also are developed in such areas as early childhood education,prevocational training, the use of computer applications, the functional use of residual vision, and to teach studentswith additional disabilities. Advisory services activities include operation of APH’s Student Registration System,Louis Database of Accessible Materials, electronic File Repository, Expert Database, and National InstructionalPartnership, and use of a variety of mechanisms to provide information on APH services, such as catalogs,brochures, and videos.

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