By Chally on 3 December, 2010
Gentle reader, be cautioned: comments sections on mainstream media sites tend to not be safe and we here at FWD/Forward don’t necessarily endorse all the opinions in these pieces. Let’s jump right in, shall we? It’s Your Fault! by that stunning and mysterious being, Chally, at the Don’t DIS My ABILITY blog: The thing is, [...]
Posted in accessibility, recommended reading, social attitudes | Tagged accommodations, captioning, Deaf, India, law, Sierra Leone, United Kingdom, United States
By Anna on 28 October, 2010
I think it would be awesome instead of telling me how much they cared, they’d show it. And one way of doing that would be subtitling their ads, so everyone can know what their message is.
Posted in accessibility, how to be accessible, invisibility, technology, television | Tagged accessibility, canada, canadian politics, captioning, closed captions, conservative party of canada, Deaf, disability, green party of canada, hard of hearing, invisible disability, liberal party of canada, NDP, new democratic party, political ads, subtitles, voting
By Anna on 5 October, 2010
Another fast & furious recommended reading today, folks! Yay for busy schedules all around, right? I am glad I try to keep up with the news, though, because I learned that legislation passed in the US that will enforce captioning and descriptive audio! I don’t actually have a t.v., but the last time I stayed [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged ableism in the classroom, ADAPT, bus stop call system, canada, captioning, descriptive audio, Disability Living Allowance, media and pop culture, National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Ontario, post-secondary education, protest, United States
By s.e. smith on 7 June, 2010
The other day, I was bemoaning, as I occasionally do, the fact that HBO doesn’t provide digital content for people who are not HBO subscribers or who can’t get HBO where they are. I happen to be a fan of several HBO shows and I would really like to watch them as they air, rather [...]
Posted in accessibility | Tagged captioning, captions, digital media, iTunes, why is this hard
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