[Nyabs] congressional update

[Tyler Kavanaugh]

If they would require the audio description equipment to be tested to be 
compatible with cochlear implants, that would make it even better. Where 
I live, we had a very, very hard time getting AMC to change their 
equipment...it got to the point where I no longer want to go to the 
movies with my family, even if there's one with audio description that I 
would be interested in seeing.

Tyler
On 3/16/2013 1:02 AM, Kathryn Carroll wrote:
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>   Expanded ADA Accommodations Sought
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> By SHAUN HEASLEY <http://www.disabilityscoop.com/author/shaun-heasley/>
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> March 14, 2013Text Size A A
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> Two bills introduced this week in Congress would broaden access to the 
> movies for people with disabilities.
>
> Under legislation proposed Wednesday, the Americans with Disabilities 
> Act would be amended to require movie theaters to offer closed 
> captioning and audio descriptions of films to aid those with visual or 
> hearing impairments. The accommodations would be required at all 
> showings at movie theaters with two or more screens.
>
> A second bill would mandate captioning and narration on all airplanes 
> where in-flight video entertainment is offered.
>
> "More than two decades have passed since the enactment of the 
> Americans with Disabilities Act, and in that time we have seen a 
> transformation of our physical landscape --- from curb cuts to 
> wheelchair ramps, buses with lifts to automatic doors," said Sen. Tom 
> Harkin, D-Iowa, who introduced the legislation. "However, we still 
> have more to do. These bills will allow Americans with visual or 
> hearing impairments to enjoy going to the movies and watching 
> in-flight entertainment, through captioning and video description, 
> just as they can at home."
>
>
> Kathryn Carroll
> President, New York Association of Blind Students
>
>
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