<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<div class="post" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 647px; overflow: hidden; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<h1 class="posttitle" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 28px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2em; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif;"> Expanded ADA Accommodations Sought</h1>
</div>
<div class="metaspost" style="margin: 10px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 647px; overflow: visible; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span class="postbyAuthor" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif;">By</span>
<span class="postAuthor" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><a href="http://www.disabilityscoop.com/author/shaun-heasley/" rel="author" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;" title="Posts by Shaun Heasley">SHAUN HEASLEY</a></span>
<p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span class="postDate" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif;">March 14, 2013</span><span class="textsize" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; float: right; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif;">Text Size <span class="textsizesmall" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><a href="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">A</a></span> <span class="textsizebig" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><a href="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">A</a></span></span></p>
</div>
<div id="textcontent" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<div class="post" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; width: 647px; overflow: hidden; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">
<div class="entry" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; width: 647px; overflow: hidden; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">
<p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> Two bills introduced this week in Congress would broaden access to the movies for people with disabilities.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> 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.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> A second bill would mandate captioning and narration on all airplanes where in-flight video entertainment is offered.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> “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.”</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br />
<span class="signature">Kathryn Carroll<br /> President, New York Association of Blind Students</span>
</body>
</html>