American Printing House (APH) materials may be requested by teacher consultants and orientation and mobility specialists. APH materials are available at no cost to school districts through the Federal Quota Program.


Students must be registered with APH in order to receive APH materials through the Federal Quota Program. Certain products are considered "high-ticket" due to their substantial cost. Requests for high-ticket items will require additional information and must be approved by MDE-LIO.


Repair Policy

It is understood that an item that needs to be repaired must be sent to MDE-LIO via UPS. To receive a UPS return label, you agree to contact MDE-LIO at [email protected].

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Use this form to request APH products you couldn’t find in our inventory. MDE-LIO will order them from APH for students who are eligible for federal quota funds.


Be sure to visit aph.org to order a catalog or search for products online. You will need to know the item name and APH catalog number in order to request items through this form.

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Picture of guidebook cover.
Catalog #: 5-08837-00
The Braille Guidebook is a Replacement item for Tactile Connections: Symbols for Communication. The braille edition is also available as a free-of-charge download on the APH website. 
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Picture of guidebook cover.
Catalog #: 7-08837-00
This Large Print Guidebook is a Replacement item for Tactile Connections: Symbols for Communication. This publication is also available as a free-of-charge download on the APH website. 
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Picture of Tactile Connections Kit.
Catalog #: 1-08837-00
This kit helps teachers create a tactile card system that is individualized for visually impaired and blind learners who have additional disabilities and/or lack a formal means of communication or literacy. The tactile symbols are created when part of an object is mounted on a hand-sized card representing core vocabulary categories (e.g. people,…
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Picture of blue cards.
Catalog #: 1-08837-03
Replacement item for Tactile Connections: Symbols for Communication (1-08837-00) and Match-It-Up Frames Large and Small Sets (1-08827-00 and 1-08828-00).
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Picture of yellow cards.
Catalog #: 1-08837-08
Replacement item for Tactile Connections: Symbols for Communication (1-08837-00) and Match-It-Up Frames Large and Small Sets (1-08827-00 and 1-08828-00).
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Picture of red cards.
Catalog #: 1-08837-06
Replacement item for Tactile Connections: Symbols for Communication (1-08837-00) and Match-It-Up Frames Large and Small Sets (1-08827-00 and 1-08828-00).
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Picture of white cards.
Catalog #: 1-08837-07
Replacement item for Tactile Connections: Symbols for Communication (1-08837-00) and Match-It-Up Frames Large and Small Sets (1-08827-00 and 1-08828-00).
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Picture of black cards.
Catalog #: 1-08837-02
Replacement item for Tactile Connections: Symbols for Communication (1-08837-00) and Match-It-Up Frames Large and Small Sets (1-08827-00 and 1-08828-00).
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Tactile demo thermometer.
Catalog #: 1-03032-00
This updated Tactile Demonstration Thermometer is now available in two accessible braille versions – UEB and Nemeth. The Tactile Demonstration Thermometer allows students who are blind or low vision, as well as their sighted peers, to independently read, set, and compare temperatures in both Celsius and Fahrenheit. Students can adjust the red…
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Tactile dice.
Catalog #: 61-131-027
Replacement item for Web Chase, TREKS: Game of Compass Directions, Game Kit, and Games of Squares.WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD – Small parts. Not intended for children ages 5 and under without adult supervision.
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Picture of tactile drawing film.
Catalog #: 1-08858-00
Replacement item for DRAFTSMAN Tactile Drawing Board: 1-08857-00.
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Picture of tactile editing marks kit.
Catalog #: 1-08896-00
The use of tactile editing marks provides beginning writers with a concrete way to indicate changes on their braille drafts as they revise and edit short pieces, enabling students to write final correct copies of their work independently. 
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Picture of the cover of the tactile five and ten frames user guide.
Catalog #: 1-03567-00
These graphic organizers help young students visualize sets of five and ten, thus helping to develop subitizing skills – the ability to instantly see “how many.” INCLUDES: (2) Ten Frames (2) Five Frames Tactile Tokens
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Picture of tactile graphic line slate and stylus.
Catalog #: 1-00100-00
The Tactile Graphic Line Slate and specially designed two-ended stylus accommodate the tooling of common tactile line types for creation of tactile graphic displays by transcribers, teachers, and students. Use this lightweight slate to embellish tactile maps, graphs, charts, number lines, etc., with the following line types: Large dotted line…
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Picture of O&M Tactile Graphics pages
Catalog #: 1-20100-00
Tool for helping teach orientation and mobility concepts: compass directions, clock locations, and navigating outside and inside. Contains: 10 high-contrast print/tactile graphics Teacher’s Guide in print and in braille Teacher’s Guide gives you basic ideas for lesson planning using the graphics, suggested concepts and instructional hints…
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