FYI, check out the latest in advocacy efforts on behalf of the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of hearing (MCDHH) at: www.rescuemcdhh.com. And save the date – February 23, 2010 – for the 2010 Deaf/hard of hearing day at the State House.
Posted on Sun 13 Dec 2009 by Carol in category Events/Learning, Hearing Loss/Deafness
Read the article "For MCDHH consumers … fyi and save the date 3/23/2010" in full.
Growing access to cultural events—arts, theatre, dance… is fantastic! From today’s Sunday Globe Arts section, WCOD’s own Kim Charlson is featured: More ways for the blind, deaf to take in theater By Joan Anderman Globe Staff / December 13, 2009 Kim Charlson has seen “Fiddler on the Roof’’ more times than she can remember. Not seen, [...]
Posted on Sun 13 Dec 2009 by Carol in category Blind/Low Vision, Disability News, Hearing Loss/Deafness
this is great news! YouTube videos will soon get captions By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff | November 20, 2009 Soon you’ll be able to understand thousands of Internet videos even if the sound is turned down. With an assist from Boston public TV station WGBH, Google Inc. has developed technology that will automatically add on-screen [...]
Posted on Sat 21 Nov 2009 by Carol in category Hearing Loss/Deafness, Technology
Read the article "Boston Globe 11/20/21: YouTube videos will soon get captions" in full.
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, [...]
Posted on Tue 20 Oct 2009 by Carol in category Blind/Low Vision, Disability News, Hearing Loss/Deafness
Read the article "The Boston Globe 10/20/09: At Perkins, high-tech is both future and now" in full.
Former Perkins student gets a statue in D.C. Posted on October 7, 2009 by Meghann Ackerman Filed Under General | Leave a Comment 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….]
Posted on Thu 8 Oct 2009 by Carol in category Blind/Low Vision, Disability News, Hearing Loss/Deafness
Read the article "watertown tab 10/07/09: Former Perkins student gets a statue in D.C." in full.
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, [...]
Posted on Wed 7 Oct 2009 by Carol in category Hearing Loss/Deafness, Technology, Veterans
Read the article "Netflix, the Wizard of OZ and accessibilty…." in full.
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, [...]
Posted on Wed 1 Jul 2009 by Carol in category Blind/Low Vision, Disability News, Hearing Loss/Deafness
Read the article "The White House recognizes Deaf-Blind Awareness week" in full.
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 [...]
Posted on Wed 1 Jul 2009 by Carol in category Disability News, Hearing Loss/Deafness, Technology
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 Working Group” [...]
Posted on Tue 19 May 2009 by Carol in category Hearing Loss/Deafness
Read the article "The DTV Transition and Captioning" in full.
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 [...]
Posted on Mon 20 Apr 2009 by Carol in category Elder Resources, Events/Learning, Hearing Loss/Deafness