Hearing Loss/Deafness
At Perkins, high-tech is both future and now
$10m gift to help build new center
By Katie Johnston Chase, Globe Staff | October 20, 2009
Before Ashley Bernard got her new iPod Touch, the Perkins School for the Blind student could not use an MP3 player without help. But thanks in part to school officials, who encouraged Apple [...]
Former Perkins student gets a statue in D.C.
Posted on October 7, 2009 by Meghann Ackerman
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Helen Keller, who attended Perkins School for the Blind, will be the first disabled person to have a statue in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall. [continued….]
From Alberto Sifuentes:
NAD Calls Out Netflix on Captions
On September 9, 2009, the National Association of the Deaf requested that Netflix provide a captioned version of “The Wizard of Oz” movie that Netflix made available online, for free, for everyone on October 3, 2009. Netflix disregarded the NAD request along with thousands of letters, emails, comments, [...]
From Kareem Dale, Special Assistant to the President for Disability Policy at the White House:
MONDAY, JUNE 29TH, 2009 AT 3:32 PM
“Still Thriving and Excelling Long After Helen Keller”
Posted by Kareem Dale
Another day at the White House, another chance for President Obama to make history for people with disabilities. And, he did just that.
On Friday, June 26, 2009, President Barack Obama became one [...]
From ALDA, Inc. (the Association of Late-Deafened Adults):
ALDA Advocacy Alert! Action Needed!
Supporting the Empowerment of Late-Deafened Adults
June 2009
Rep. Markey Introduces COAT bill, “The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009,” H.R. 3101
Ask Your Representatives to Co-Sponsor H.R. 3101!
Ask Your Senators to Sponsor a Similar Bill in the Senate!
Thank Representative Markey!
On Friday afternoon, June [...]
From Mary Watkins of the Media Access Group at WGBH:
TV viewers who rely on captioning and/or video description may be encountering problems with both as we transition to digital television (DTV). Today, May 18, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) holds the first meeting of the new “DTV Closed Captioning and Video Description [...]
From Karen Keefe of ALDA-Boston :
Saturday 4/25, 1 to 4pm at the Watertown Free Public Library— a presentation on assistive technology and hearing loss with Jon O’Dell, technology manager (guru!) from the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH)!
.... we are delighted to announce that Jonathon O’Dell from MCDHH has graciously accepted [...]
From Carl Richardson, ADA coordinator for the State House:
Deaf Community Legislative Day
The Bureau of State Office Buildings (BSB), the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH), the Disability Policy Consortium and members of the Deaf community are proud to announce a Deaf Community Legislative Day on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 [...]
Tickets for the Museum Of Fine Arts American Sign Language tour on March 28 at 1:00pm are limited, email access@mfa.org to pre-register. The masterpieces in this new exhibit, “Titan, Tintoretto , Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice,” (March 16 – August 16) reveal the intense competition that formed the Venetian style. While you are there, check [...]
January 16, 2009
Press Contact:
Mary Watkins
617 300-3700
mary_watkins@wgbh.org
Media Access Group at WGBH To Provide Closed Captioning And Live Description for PBS‘s Inaugural Coverage
Described version of coverage will also stream live on the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) web site, http://www.inaugural.senate.gov/
Boston, MA — The Media Access Group at WGBH, a non-profit service of the WGBH [...]
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