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Tag Archives: closed captioning
Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, July 28 – Friday, August 1
Human Interest: The kids who beat autism (The New York Times Magazine) No one has figured out what happens inside the brains of people who had autism but no longer do – whether, for example their brains were different from … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility signage, accessible furniture, ADA, audio description, autism, caregivers, closed captioning, diabetic autonomic neuropathy, language skills, mainstreaming, mindfulness, Movie theaters, open-source design, Parkinson's Disease, positive adult development, preschool education, pupillometer, Special needs children, spill-proof cup, students with disabilities
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Disability News Weekly Roundup — Monday, Feb 17 – Friday, Feb 21
Education: Start-up opens digital door for students with autism (The Philadelphia Inquirer) With financial support from the University of Pennsylvania, among other sources, Autism Expressed teaches digital skills to students with autism in Philadelphia. Founded by a teacher who saw … Continue reading
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Tagged accessible seating, adapted vehicle, adaptive equipment, assistive listening devices, autism, bionics, blind, blood glucose monitor, braille, closed captioning, cochlear implants, CT scans, deaf, diabetes, education, emergency medicine, hard of hearing, information technologies, Internet, MRI, pain management, research, sports, veterans, wheelchair users
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Meet This: FCC announced new working group to study closed captioning and video description
The Federal Communications Commission announced the establishment of a technical working group to study digital closed captioning and video description issues. The group will focus on issues of accessibility in television programming for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, closed captioning, FCC, television
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Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center 
Justice Department Proposes Movie Theater Accessibility Rules
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is proposing new accessibility requirements for movie theaters. Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act contains broad language prohibiting public businesses from discriminating against people with disabilities. In many cases, public businesses are … Continue reading →