Video: #captionTHIS Day of Action June 6th is when we work together to protest to end the injustice from oppression, because we care!
Video by monkichia
Transcript is included in this description, after these links.
Sign the petition at:
http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-cnn-to-start-providing-equal-access-to-their-online-videos
To send letters to different companies and learn more about this:
http://blog.deafpolitics.org/2012/05/captionthis-social-media-movement.html
Further information regarding captioning and accessibility can be found at GLAD's lawsuit against CNN:
http://www.gladinc.org/information-center/in-the-news/2011/breaking-news-cnn-...
NAD's lawsuit against Netflix:
http://www.nad.org/news/2011/6/nad-files-disability-civil-rights-lawsuit-against-netflix
Collaborative for Communication Access via Captioning:
http://ccacaptioning.org/
More Benefits of captions:
http://curbcut.net/accessibility/the-benefits-of-captions-legit/
Forbes article on CC Upgrades, Searchability and Why It's Personal:
http://onforb.es/y3pYki
Get a "Stop Audism" t-shirt!
http://www.handsay.com
Special thanks to Ben Jarashow for the Pierre Desloges quote!
An Ink and Salt Production
Sign the petition here: http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-cnn-to-start-providing-equal-access-to-their-online-videos
Also check out our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/captionTHISnow
#captionTHIS: Day of Action
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
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